Posted by Steve on 4/2/2009, 2:30 pm, in reply to "Re: perspective"
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: (Butcho) If a person wants to return to the
: opennessof the lost innocence of youth then
: yes I highly recommend cultivation.
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: I suggest that we lose the innocence of youth
: for a reason, Butcho.
:
: Were it not for the loss, there would be
: nothing to gain. Nothing to seek. Life
: would be monochromatic. Without texture.
:
: Others have said it much better than I.
:
: All manner of thing is well. As is.
:
: Steve
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: (asininity) What would enlightenment be
: without the ego? I thank my ego for this gift.
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You know, asininity, some consider me the Daoist version of the Antichrist on these here dao-focused boards. Allying yourself with me will not improve your image among the cognoscenti who visit here.
An advantage of being considered a subversive idiot is that the only people who will engage you will also be subversive idiots, thereby freeing you from the burden of always having to get it "right."
Don't know about you, but I'm way too old to always get it right.
Steve
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-Li Daoqun
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