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Posted by Steve on 2/7/2009, 9:12 am, in reply to "Re: Why Did Lao Tzu Write the TTC ?"
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: Hi Puddinhead,
:
: Well, there are no imperatives, nothing we
: must do, if we don't care how our lives
: unfold.
:
: If we do care, then there are some things we
: can do save ourselves from mental suffering,
: an early death, and frequent failure.
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Hi Bao Pu,
Me thinks your understanding of 'nothing to do' (as understood within a Laoist context) is lacking in depth and insight. It seems to be the same way our friend Butcho continues to (mis)understand it--i.e., hedonism and nihilism.
'Nothing to do' points to the underlying peace and contentment that (for some) accompanies the sense that everything is cool just as it is. That I cannot--and do not have to--be 'in control' in any essential, fundamental way. That the dao is not a diabolic, malevolent process that has placed obstacles in my path.
It has nothing--absolutely nothing--to do with 'not caring how life unfolds.'
Steve
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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