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Posted by Steve on 2/8/2009, 1:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Tao Te Ching #1 & the complaining lady"
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: Hi Steve
:
: The question is: how much of the day do I
: know I am safe? Is it a more of talk or
: more of a walk?
:
: And there may be things I can do to further
: embody that "unpacking."
:
: No one can answer these questions unless
: they spend time with one of us and see if we
: actually embody "nothing to do."
:
: But then we might get some clues from how
: stridently each of us present our views
: here. Does "the lady protest too
: much."?
:
: love,
: rat
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"But then we might get some clues from how stridently each of us present our views here. Does "the lady protest too much."?"
There's nothing wrong with strident, passionate living. Those who suggest otherwise must be cryogenically frozen and gotten out of the way, so that the rest of us can be strident and passionate to our hearts' content.
"The question is: how much of the day do I know I am safe? Is it a more of talk or more of a walk?"
Here we are back to the 'gap,' discussion of which has been known to send you into a metaphysical tizzy, rat.
I say...I do not have to 'know' that I am home and safe to experience the underlying peace and contentment that comes with my faith that I am home and safe, regardless of what my chemistry informs me.
My chemistry is my friend. I would not change one iota, one neuron of it. It shelters and protects me. It ensures that when I go to bed at night and dream, I will awake the next morning.
"And there may be things I can do to further embody that "unpacking.""
There may indeed be things we can do.
I suggest only that if you see the other shore, you are already there.
You've recognized the gap. Seen it for what it is.
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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