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Re: can laozi's dao be noble - beautiful - ugly - evil - benevolent? ... absolute?

Posted by Steve on 4/18/2011, 1:13 pm, in reply to "can laozi's dao be noble - beautiful - ugly - evil - benevolent? ... absolute?"
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: can laozi's dao be noble - beautiful - ugly -
: evil - benevolent? ... absolute?

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From my (Steve's) perspective, I think yes. Nature can seem brutal at times (a tsunami) or benevolent (a newborn baby).

From the perspective of the dao, I think the tsunami and the baby are undifferentiated. One and the same. An ongoing, evolving process. They are both "coming into being" and "going out of being," simultaneously and beyond any distinctions my human mind can draw.

When I look closely, I can sense both perspectives at play in the same moment.

How such a thing is possible is a great mystery.

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can laozi's dao be noble - beautiful - ugly - evil - benevolent? ... absolute? - wulf 4/18/2011, 8:45 am
- Re: can laozi's dao be noble - beautiful - ugly - evil - benevolent? ... absolute? - rene 4/18/2011, 9:41 am
  - Re: can laozi's dao be noble - beautiful - ugly - evil - benevolent? ... absolute? - wulf 4/18/2011, 11:56 am
    - Re: can laozi's dao be noble - beautiful - ugly - evil - benevolent? ... absolute? - rene 4/21/2011, 11:25 am
- Re: can laozi's dao be noble - beautiful - ugly - evil - benevolent? ... absolute? - Steve 4/18/2011, 1:13 pm
  - is it laozi's dao ? - wulf 4/19/2011, 3:40 am
    - the symbols as picture - wulf 4/19/2011, 3:46 am
    - Re: is it laozi's dao ? - gar 4/19/2011, 5:13 am
      - Re: is it laozi's dao ? - wulf 4/19/2011, 8:00 am
        
        Were's the sun? - gar 4/19/2011, 10:31 am
        
        Re: Were's the sun? - wulf 4/19/2011, 12:32 pm
        
        Re: Were's the sun? - gar 4/20/2011, 6:17 am
        
        Re: Were's the sun? & indeterminability - rat 4/20/2011, 6:58 am
        
        Re: Were's the sun? & indeterminability - wulf 4/20/2011, 10:05 am
        
        Re: Were's the sun? & indeterminability - rat 4/20/2011, 10:53 am
    - Re: is it laozi's dao ? - josef 4/19/2011, 12:01 pm
      - Re: is it laozi's dao ? - wulf 4/20/2011, 10:08 am
- Re: can laozi's dao be noble - beautiful - ugly - evil - benevolent? ... absolute? - isabeau 4/21/2011, 11:54 am
  - Re: can laozi's dao be noble - beautiful - ugly - evil - benevolent? ... absolute? - wulf 4/21/2011, 2:18 pm
    - Re: can laozi's dao be noble - beautiful - ugly - evil - benevolent? ... absolute? - isabeau 4/23/2011, 1:31 pm
      - nobility as result of daoist practise - wulf 4/24/2011, 10:07 am
        
        Re: nobility as result of daoist practise - isabeau 4/25/2011, 8:28 am
- Re: can laozi's dao be noble - beautiful - ugly - evil - benevolent? ... absolute? - Wayne L 5/5/2011, 11:56 pm
  - absolute? - wulf 5/6/2011, 1:13 pm
    - Re: absolute? - Wayne L 5/6/2011, 10:11 pm
      - Re: absolute? - wulf 5/7/2011, 6:32 am
        
        codes - rene 5/7/2011, 5:36 pm
        
        Re: absolute? - Wayne L 5/7/2011, 10:36 pm
        
        Re: absolute? - wulf 5/8/2011, 7:09 am
        
        Re: absolute? - Wayne L 5/9/2011, 2:19 pm
        
        Re: absolute? - wulf 5/10/2011, 6:50 am
      - Re: absolute? - gar 5/7/2011, 7:30 am
        
        Re: absolute? - Wayne L 5/8/2011, 1:01 am
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--Previous Message-- : can laozi's dao be noble - beautiful - ugly : - : evil - benevolent? ... absolute? : : ----------------- : : From my (Steve's) perspective, I think yes. : Nature can seem brutal at times (a tsunami) : or benevolent (a newborn baby). : : From the perspective of the dao, I think the : tsunami and the baby are undifferentiated. : One and the same. An ongoing, evolving : process. They are both "coming into : being" and "going out of : being," simultaneously and beyond any : distinctions my human mind can draw. : : When I look closely, I can sense both : perspectives at play in the same moment. : : How such a thing is possible is a great : mystery. :

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