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Posted by Butcho
on 6/23/2009, 9:22 am, in reply to "Re: question to Butch"
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: Nina,
:
: On the one hand your point is taken. But on
: the other hand the quote being discussed
: does sound to me like something Lao Tzu
: might have said. Whether he did or not is
: another matter. I will try to be more
: careful in the future.
:
: I have sent Mr. Dyer an email at
: healyourlife.com asking him to let me know
: where he found the quote. If he answers me I
: will let you know what he has to say.
:
: Don't be to hard on him. He holds the Tao Te
: Ching in the highest regard. He considers
: Lao Tzu one of the great spiritual masters
: of all time. And his new book, "Excuses
: Begone!" I am finding most helpful. It
: really is amazing how many different excuses
: we, I, make for my ways of thinking, let
: alone for my actions. And the more aware of
: them I become the less of a hold I am
: finding they have on me. Excuses Begone!
:
: If there is a Devil, maybe it is simply our
: excuses. The Devil made me do it. Get thee
: behind me Satan.
:
: Butcho
:
:
: Cool, Butch. I have the feeling that if he
: does respond, he'll say he doesn't know
: who's the author of the quote. I had that
: happen once when I wrote a
: "Daoist" writer and asked about a
: Laozi quote he cited. I don't think they
: care if it's accurate or not. It's obvious
: Dyer never explored any of the Chinese
: versions - even though he claims to love the
: DDJ so much. Too busy writing books and
: giving lectures? Does he say in his book
: which English translation he relies on for
: his love of Laozi?
:
: I don't have a problem with self-help books.
: Some of them have helped me a lot over the
: years. One that comes to mind is
: "Pulling Your Own Strings."
:
: What happens when you get rid of making
: excuses?
:
:
:
Nina,
Liberation!?
I think that the true man or woman of the Tao has quit making excuses. At least in the purist or idealistic sense. I don't know that one ever completely quits making excuses. But neither do I think that the lack of perfection in understanding is a legitimate excuse for not becoming more aware of the excuse making process in one's thought life.
Dualistic thinking is a backseat driver.
I have pulled my copy of Brian Walker's translation of Lao Tzu's "Hua Hu Ching" off my shelf thinking I might find the quote you have questioned in it. I'll let you know if I find it.
Butcho
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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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