Me, age 3, actually fishing... sort of.
The fish are biting and I’m reeling ‘em in, I’m just not posting ‘em. Posting requires so much clean up to make ‘em fit for reading.
Finishing the last chapter of the Tao Te Ching was the catalyst I guess I needed to reevaluate things. I’ve wondered for a while now why I post in the first place.
I mean, the Taoist point of view has to be among the oddest and most ironic subjects to speak on. After all, he who knows does not speak, he who speaks does not know. Continue reading ‘Gone Fishin’, Back Soon’
Tao: road, way, path, principle, speak, think, suppose.
I know, I know, the Tao that can be spoken of is not the constant Tao. The Chinese literally translates to ‘way can speak, not constant way’ (道可道, 非常道). Thus, anything I say beyond that is not the constant, but rather tentative. Even saying that is not the constant. Our mind is capable of perceptions more profound than our thoughts or speech can articulate. So our thoughts and speech always end up beating around the bush. (Although, beating around the bush does flush revelation out of the bush at times.) Continue reading ‘What is ‘the Tao’ actually?’
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