Ron, I understand what you are saying, and I agree.
BUT, I ask my patterned-self if this book was written with the gender of all the characters reversed, would it still be considered wisdom? I think not. Not even acceptable science fiction. I understand the universality of the Tao, but it is not enough to have yang address yang. I won't be told not to trouble my silly little head with such trivial matters. I am not talking about mere sexual discrimination. It's not as personal as you seem to think. My canvases don't at all care if a woman or a man places paint upon them. Gender is a division more INSIDIOUS than subject/object. And I think it was you who suggested that the subtext in LILA was a sexual one. To SA: See, I open up and dare to explore, and what reaction do I get? Have I forgotten to flutter my eyelashes? Marsha At 09:04 AM 1/3/2008, you wrote: >Marsha, >I believe the focus should be away from sex and more towards >The two sides of ourselves. Sex is a metaphor. >The power of these words lies in interpreting it >With a universal mind. > >Te is the working of Tao >The practice of open awareness > >it is suggested by dualism. >Not the dualism itself. > >If you search for something in these words >You most certainly will find it. > >It is my interpretation that the ancients >Saw the first division as male and female >Greeks subject/object, Pirsig saw Romantic/classic, > >Then Dynamic/static. Much like yin yang. Return to the dynamic. > >Metaphors, symbols for concepts or more >Accurately, an awareness. > >If you read those same words in this light perhaps >They would take on new meaning. > >The only discrimination one finds in quality >Is what one brings to it. >I think you taught me that some time ago. > >-R > >"Friends are the ones who sing the song of your heart >When you forget the words" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Re: 'Nine Nights with the Taoist Master' by Waysun Liao. > >Greetings, > >It seems that this book, and philosophy, is written from the man's >perspective to men. While there is great wisdom, there is no advice >for women. It is stated: > >"It's as if the Yang power must return into the Yin power, and the >Yin must become the Yang power." (p.156) > >But it seems all the teaching is to help men return to and regain Yin >power. > >"It is not enough just to connect Te back to Tao. You must also >practice the power of weakness. This means to condition yourself to >be humble, to be empty, to be low, to allow the subtle, invisible, >yet ever almighty powerful Tao particle to flow into your body, to >charge up your entire body as 'Tao body.'" (p. 158) > >This does not seem to be advice for women to help them reconnect to >Yang power. There is something vital missing. > >I will continue to read in hopes of finding the other side of this >wisdom. > >Marsha > > > > > > > > > >Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... > >Moq_Discuss mailing list >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >Archives: >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ >Moq_Discuss mailing list >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >Archives: >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
