Tao Speaks: dog chasing tail

dog chasing tail

Posted by Steve on 6/26/2009, 8:04 am, in reply to "the unrelenting, grinding paradox"
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: Well, you know mate, the statement "May
: all beings awaken in this
: lifetime"--when it appears on someone's
: website (as it does on Ingram's)-- is for me
: a total and unrelenting turnoff. I
: immediately go flaccid.
:
: Metaphysically speaking, of course.
:
: Now, as one of the very few in Cyberland who
: (I have reason to believe) has taken any
: time whatsoever to really read my dreck, you
: may have some insight into why I say that.
:
: Or maybe not.
:
: One never really knows in these matters.

---------------------------

: Is it because you think that the
: 'unawakened' mind is no different from the
: 'awakened' mind?

---------------------------

Yeah...that's what I think.

I think it's possible to travel from less fulfillment to more fulfillment. From less pleasure to more pleasure. And it makes sense for each of us to do what we can to move in that direction.

But the trip itself is not an awakening, because there is nothing there to awaken.

The trip--as well as the sense of arrival--are merely ego exercises.

Dog chasing tail.

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For Steve. - Butcho 6/21/2009, 5:55 pm
- Re: For Steve. - Steve 6/22/2009, 9:55 am
  - handbags at twelve paces - Lian Dao 6/22/2009, 3:19 pm
    - Re: handbags at twelve paces - Steve 6/22/2009, 3:51 pm
      - Yin/Yang. - Butcho 6/22/2009, 6:25 pm
        
        Re: Yin/Yang. - Steve 6/22/2009, 6:37 pm
        
        the ongoing and very real dangers of the internet - Lian Dao 6/24/2009, 3:51 pm
        
        loss of urge - Steve 6/24/2009, 6:19 pm
        
        the unrelenting, grinding paradox - Lian Dao 6/25/2009, 12:01 pm
        
        dog chasing tail - Steve 6/26/2009, 8:04 am
        
        tail chasing dog - Lian Dao 6/26/2009, 12:14 pm
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--Previous Message-- : Well, you know mate, the statement "May : all beings awaken in this : lifetime"--when it appears on someone's : website (as it does on Ingram's)-- is for me : a total and unrelenting turnoff. I : immediately go flaccid. : : Metaphysically speaking, of course. : : Now, as one of the very few in Cyberland who : (I have reason to believe) has taken any : time whatsoever to really read my dreck, you : may have some insight into why I say that. : : Or maybe not. : : One never really knows in these matters. : : --------------------------- : : Is it because you think that the : 'unawakened' mind is no different from the : 'awakened' mind? : : --------------------------- : : Yeah...that's what I think. : : I think it's possible to travel from less : fulfillment to more fulfillment. From less : pleasure to more pleasure. And it makes : sense for each of us to do what we can to : move in that direction. : : But the trip itself is not an awakening, : because there is nothing there to awaken. : : The trip--as well as the sense of : arrival--are merely ego exercises. : : Dog chasing tail. : :

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