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Post by withinsilence on Apr 7, 2012 13:37:02 GMT
I read somewhere, I think in a version of the Tao Te Ching or some ancient Taoist teaching that there is nothing larger in the world than that which would fit on the tip of a needle. Amazing how they knew this.
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Post by popee on Apr 27, 2012 14:27:28 GMT
word of the day:
Habits
1: an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street. 2. customary practice or use: Daily bathing is an American habit. 3. a particular practice, custom, or usage: the habit of shaking hands. 4. a dominant or regular disposition or tendency; prevailing character or quality: She has a habit of looking at the bright side of things.
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observe your habits welcome spontaneity
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Post by popee on Apr 27, 2012 15:52:42 GMT
words ... imagination ... beliefs ... confusion
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Post by withinsilence on Apr 28, 2012 19:57:40 GMT
spontaneous:
spontaneous 1650s, from L.L. spontaneus "willing, of one's free will," from L. (sua) sponte "of one's own accord, willingly;" of unknown origin. Related: Spontaneously. Earliest use is of persons and characters.
spontaneity is the conditon of or the quality of being spontaneous or without thinking about it.
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Post by popee on Apr 28, 2012 21:48:53 GMT
spontaneous ...
1. coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.2. (of a person) given to acting upon sudden impulses. 3. (of natural phenomena) arising from internal forces or causes; independent of external agencies; self-acting. 4. growing naturally or without cultivation, as plants and fruits; indigenous. 5. produced by natural process.
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Post by popee on May 1, 2012 14:47:22 GMT
More
there isn't any
get over it
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Post by gurthbruins on May 1, 2012 15:01:59 GMT
Heard of the group calling themselves More to Life? Greed is a sin I've heard...
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Post by popee on May 2, 2012 12:56:56 GMT
Untether
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Post by popee on May 4, 2012 16:41:54 GMT
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Post by gurthbruins on May 4, 2012 16:48:43 GMT
now please don't go deleting that popee, I want to listen to it when I 'm warmer, tomorrow...
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Post by popee on May 4, 2012 16:55:02 GMT
let it go
lol
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Post by gurthbruins on May 4, 2012 17:10:38 GMT
ha ha, now you see me now you don't
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Post by popee on May 4, 2012 17:53:03 GMT
Stop thinking, and end your problems. What difference between yes and no? What difference between success and failure? Must you value what others value, avoid what others avoid? How ridiculous!
Other people are excited, as though they were at a parade. I alone don't care, I alone am expressionless, like an infant before it can smile.
Other people have what they need; I alone possess nothing. I alone drift about, like someone without a home. I am like an idiot, my mind is so empty.
Other people are bright; I alone am dark. Other people are sharp; I alone am dull. Other people have purpose; I alone don't know. I drift like a wave on the ocean, I blow as aimless as the wind.
I am different from ordinary people. I drink from the Great Mother's breasts.
~ Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
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Post by withinsilence on May 4, 2012 21:36:15 GMT
one of me favorites from the divine Tao.
If there was only one book I could have, it might just be that one.
Stephen Mitchell's version, one of my favorites.
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Post by withinsilence on May 9, 2012 18:49:15 GMT
disenchanted
What happens after awakening is disenchantment!
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