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Posted by Nina
on 6/18/2009, 7:21 pm, in reply to "TTC 16"
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: Nature is simply decay and death. i would go
: so far as to suggest that (I) am not nature
: but rather that which animates and is able
: to be aware, to whatever degree, of the
: natural processes that arise and then fall
: away.
:
: Identifying with the phenomena, whether you
: deem it internal or external to your sense
: of me-ness, merely means to cultivate a
: working knowledge of these natural
: processess that lend us a discursive notion
: of an intellectual, emotional or spiritual
: appreciation of the phenomena as it occurs
: both spatially and temporary.
:
: Whether or not one 'cultivates' or not is
: irrelevant, if we simply engage in an
: observation of the natural processes as they
: occur. What should rather be focused on is
: that which is focusing. It is a backward
: glance back to the source in the direction
: of the Tao, whose notion is return.
:
Ahhhhhh....... lovely chapter 16.
I hear you, Lian Dao, about being able to observe what naturally happens around me. There's still a "me" observing it.
I also think Laozi is suggesting to me that I have a delightful part in the universe around me. All I have to do is find what "naturally" suits me best and enjoy what "naturally" suits all the other 10,000 things best.
But I don't cuddle up to the idea of simply being an observer. Is that what you're suggesting?
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