Tao Speaks: Re: Truth is Where One Finds It

Re: Truth is Where One Finds It

Posted by gar on 10/22/2009, 7:03 am, in reply to "Truth is Where One Finds It"
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--Previous Message--
: A lot of uproar seems to happen when someone
: pulls an appropriate quote from someone else
: that someone else doesn't like...Anita Dunn
: quoting Zedong, for example.
:
: But i see it happen all the time on forums,
: too.
:
: 'O that can't possibly be true cus so-and-so
: said it!'
:
: To me, this is like saying Alan Watts was a
: phony cause he drank too much.
:
: Or like a kid saying they don't need to
: listen to their parents cause the parents
: aren't saints.
:
: In short, it's a cop out, imo.
:
: Curious on all your takes on it.
:
:
:
Greetings mu,

It seems to me that we all have a tendency to view things in black and white. If we see 'bad' in one part of the whole then the whole seems to be 'bad'.

So, in accepting that all things are 'good and bad' we then can use what seems useful.

in peace,
gar

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Message Thread:

Truth is Where One Finds It - mu 10/22/2009, 5:08 am
- Re: Truth is Where One Finds It - gar 10/22/2009, 7:03 am
  - Re: Truth is Where One Finds It - Wayne L 11/7/2009, 6:38 am
    - 3 Stooges,... er., Stages. - Rufus T. Butcho 11/7/2009, 11:15 am
- Truth is love. - Butcho 10/22/2009, 10:27 pm
  - What's love got to do got to do with it? - mu 10/24/2009, 11:54 am
- Truth? - brother redturtle 10/25/2009, 8:55 pm
  - Re: Truth? - Nina 10/25/2009, 9:28 pm
    - Re: Truth? - brother redturtle 10/26/2009, 5:08 am
      - Shell - gar 10/26/2009, 6:48 am
        
        Re: No more reality please! - brother redturtle 10/26/2009, 11:41 am
      - Re: Truth? - Nina 10/26/2009, 1:22 pm
    - Re: Truth? - gar 10/26/2009, 6:38 am
      - Re: Truth? - Nina 10/26/2009, 1:17 pm
        
        Reality as it is is Truth. - Butcho 10/27/2009, 8:40 am
        
        And another thing. - Butcho 10/27/2009, 9:34 am
        
        Re: And another thing. - gar 10/27/2009, 9:42 am
        
        What gar see's in the mirror - gar 10/27/2009, 11:11 am
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--Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : A lot of uproar seems to happen when someone : pulls an appropriate quote from someone else : that someone else doesn't like...Anita Dunn : quoting Zedong, for example. : : But i see it happen all the time on forums, : too. : : 'O that can't possibly be true cus so-and-so : said it!' : : To me, this is like saying Alan Watts was a : phony cause he drank too much. : : Or like a kid saying they don't need to : listen to their parents cause the parents : aren't saints. : : In short, it's a cop out, imo. : : Curious on all your takes on it. : : : : Greetings mu, : : It seems to me that we all have a tendency : to view things in black and white. If we see : 'bad' in one part of the whole then the : whole seems to be 'bad'. : : So, in accepting that all things are 'good : and bad' we then can use what seems useful. : : in peace, : gar :

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