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Posted by Nina
on 6/26/2009, 7:24 pm, in reply to "Re: I don't have to show you no stinkin' a' badges!"
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: Nina,
:
: So you don't have a copy. Now who is making
: excuses?
:
: I am not in a snit. I said "I am NOT in
: a snit!". I am in a sNOT. Allergies.
:
: Where words are concerned it is all
: interpretation silly. There is nothing new
: under the sun. Same as it ever was. All
: words are interpretive. Symbols pointing at
: something other than themselves. Secondhand
: news.
:
: To be a purist is to be an extremist.
: Balance is called for. Dynamic balance for
: existence is organic. Alive. The music
: instinct is strong with this one. So go,
: Dance. Dance to the Music and let go of
: words so they no longer have such a hold on
: you.
:
: Modern society overrates knowledge.
: Knowledge and wisdom are not the same thing.
: Wisdom is much more valuable than knowledge
: to the man or woman of the Tao. How so? Is
: so? How not so? Not so so?
:
: "When a society misuses partial
: intelligence and ignores holistic wisdom,
: its people forget the benefits of a plain
: and natural life." Hua Hu Ching.
:
: "Knowledge wandered north to the far
: side of the primordial waters and climbed
: the hills of the absconded rise. There he
: happened to meet NonAction NoWords..."
: Chuang Tzu. #22.
:
: Butcho
:
I'm not making excuses, Butch. I read Walker's Hua Hu Ching, and I think it's a crock! Why would I have a copy of it?
Words are delightful tools to express what we're thinking, feeling, experiencing. I say "we" because I enjoy writing words and listening to the words of others. I think most people (even you) enjoy using them too? You do use them a lot here.
WTF is that from Walker's HHC....... "holistic wisdom"? "A plain natural life"? That's Daoist Religion to the max. If you really believe that, why don't you go live in a tent, pump your own water and weave your own cloth? And you might as well throw away your computer 'cause there'll be no electricity.
That's not extremist? Suggesting giving up all the wonderful things our intelligence (and that of others) has provided to bring us more joy and happiness?
You might look to Zhuangzi with a more tongue-in-cheek attitude. Or not.
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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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