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Post by dom on Oct 21, 2012 14:55:42 GMT -5
Man who drop watch in toilet have shitty time.
Glasshoppa.
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Post by starlight07 on Oct 21, 2012 14:56:49 GMT -5
lol - I had to see which site you were getting these phrases from and wrongly crediting to Tzu.
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Post by starlight07 on Oct 21, 2012 14:57:21 GMT -5
Man who drop watch in toilet have shitty time. Glasshoppa.
lol, how is this spiritual?
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Post by starlight07 on Oct 21, 2012 14:58:12 GMT -5
Shit, I've just realised that I lol too much.
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Post by dom on Oct 21, 2012 14:58:28 GMT -5
Its wisdom.
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Post by starlight07 on Oct 21, 2012 15:31:24 GMT -5
lolling too much? You should try it, Dom.
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Post by dom on Oct 21, 2012 15:52:48 GMT -5
I will. I must lol... I must lol lol. I must lolI must lolI must lol...................
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Post by starlight07 on Oct 21, 2012 15:53:28 GMT -5
lmao!
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Post by starlight07 on Oct 22, 2012 0:39:07 GMT -5
Tao Te Ching
2. Abstraction
When beauty is abstracted Then ugliness has been implied; When good is abstracted Then evil has been implied.
So alive and dead are abstracted from nature, Difficult and easy abstracted from progress, Long and short abstracted from contrast, High and low abstracted from depth, Song and speech abstracted from melody, After and before abstracted from sequence.
The sage experiences without abstraction, And accomplishes without action; He accepts the ebb and flow of things, Nurtures them, but does not own them, And lives, but does not dwell.
Lao Tzu
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Post by starlight07 on Oct 23, 2012 0:50:34 GMT -5
Tao Te Ching
3. Without Action
Not praising the worthy prevents contention, Not esteeming the valuable prevents theft, Not displaying the beautiful prevents desire.
In this manner the sage governs people: Emptying their minds, Filling their bellies, Weakening their ambitions, And strengthening their bones.
If people lack knowledge and desire Then they can not act; If no action is taken Harmony remains.
Lao Tzu
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Post by starlight07 on Oct 23, 2012 0:52:11 GMT -5
This is quite true to an extent.
One must eliminate reasons that fill the ego and desire.
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Post by eos on Oct 23, 2012 14:40:43 GMT -5
Tao Te Ching
22. Home
Accept and you become whole, Bend and you straighten, Empty and you fill, Decay and you renew, Want and you acquire, Fulfil and you become confused.
The sage accepts the world As the world accepts the Way; He does not display himself, so is clearly seen, Does not justify himself, so is recognized, Does not boast, so is credited, Does not pride himself, so endures, Does not contend, so none contend against him.
The ancients said, "Accept and you become whole", Once whole, the world is as your home.
Lao Tzu
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Post by starlight07 on Oct 23, 2012 14:47:21 GMT -5
Nice one Eos.
A chapter a day keeps the brain awake lol!
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Post by eos on Oct 23, 2012 14:50:20 GMT -5
Tao De Ching 29. Ambition
Those who wish to change the world According with their desire Cannot succeed.
The world is shaped by the Way; It cannot be shaped by the self. Trying to change it, you damage it; Trying to possess it, you lose it.
So some will lead, while others follow. Some will be warm, others cold Some will be strong, others weak. Some will get where they are going While others fall by the side of the road.
So the sage will be neither wasteful nor violent. Lao Tzu
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Post by starlight07 on Oct 23, 2012 14:57:24 GMT -5
lol go in order. That's how I read all my books!
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Post by starlight07 on Oct 23, 2012 14:58:10 GMT -5
I am very spiritual Eos. I grow warm to the thought of enhancing it.
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Post by eos on Oct 23, 2012 16:17:06 GMT -5
lol go in order. That's how I read all my books! Go with how the passages inspire you. 4. Limitless The Way is a limitless vessel; Used by the self, it is not filled by the world; It cannot be cut, knotted, dimmed or stilled; Its depths are hidden, ubiquitous and eternal; I don't know where it comes from; It comes before nature. Lao Tzu
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Post by starlight07 on Oct 24, 2012 0:15:27 GMT -5
lol! Where do you find such information from?
I may even have a phobia of reading any book/s from any other page and chapter except the beginning.
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Post by eos on Oct 24, 2012 1:08:54 GMT -5
"I do not know whether it is possible to love the planet or not,but I do know that it is possible to love the places we can see,touch, smell and experience.”~ David Orr
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Post by starlight07 on Nov 8, 2012 16:52:22 GMT -5
Tao Te Ching
4. Limitless
The Way is a limitless vessel; Used by the self, it is not filled by the world; It cannot be cut, knotted, dimmed or stilled; Its depths are hidden, ubiquitous and eternal; I don't know where it comes from; It comes before nature.
Lao Tzu
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