Tao Te Ching
Chapter Two
When people see some things as beautiful,
other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good,
other things become bad.
Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy support each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low depend on each other.
Before and after follow each other.
Therefore the Master
acts without doing anything
and teaches without saying anything.
Things arise and she lets them come;
things disappear and she lets them go.
She has but doesn't possess,
acts but doesn't expect.
When her work is done, she forgets it.
That is why it lasts forever.
(Written by Lao-tzu
From a translation by S. Mitchell)
On Jun 27, 2012, at 4:51 PM, 118 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ah, yes.
>
> Now if darkness is within darkness then such darkness cannot be dark
> can it? Otherwise how could it be "within darkness". The point is to
> point away from darkness, not towards it.
>
> Think about it; use your imagination. Think of double negatives.
>
> Mark
>
> On 6/27/12, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Joe,
>>
>> It is a beautiful translation, isn't it? I thought the references to
>> darkness made it particularly poignant.
>>
>>
>> Marsha
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 27, 2012, at 12:12 PM, Joseph Maurer wrote:
>>
>>> Beautiful:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/26/12 1:17 PM, "MarshaV" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tao Te Ching
>>>>
>>>> Chapter One
>>>>
>>>> The tao that can be told
>>>> is not the eternal Tao
>>>> The name that can be named
>>>> is not the eternal Name.
>>>>
>>>> The unnamable is the eternally real.
>>>> Naming is the origin
>>>> of all particular things.
>>>>
>>>> Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
>>>> Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.
>>>>
>>>> Yet mystery and manifestations
>>>> arise from the same source.
>>>> This source is called darkness.
>>>>
>>>> Darkness within darkness.
>>>> The gateway to all understanding.
>>>>
>>>> (Written by Lao-tzu
>>>> From a translation by S. Mitchell)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 26, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Joseph Maurer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Marsha and All,
>>>>>
>>>>> "Fundamental nature" is a mouthful! Is it a definition for reality? I
>>>>> conceptualize "logic" as being unable to describe evolution in terms of
>>>>> SQ/DQ, defined/indefinable reality.
>>>>>
>>>>> Indefinable reality is individualized DQ and can only be described in
>>>>> analogical terms. The acceptance of indefinable DQ reality reveals
>>>>> sentience DQ/SQ.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the past S/O was proposed as a logical (metaphysical) base. This
>>>>> placed
>>>>> sentience in a horrible bind to define all of reality. This made
>>>>> definition
>>>>> equal to a mathematical certainty, denying evolution. Creation was
>>>>> more
>>>>> acceptable than metaphysics. Metaphysics is logic beyond mathematics.
>>>>> Evolution is logical as levels in existence.
>>>>>
>>>>> Pirsig saw that there are indefinable emotions like love. "Definition"
>>>>> is
>>>>> not a metaphysical term but a physical term. Something in our
>>>>> experience
>>>>> remains indefinable DQ. I do not like the term "fundamental nature".
>>>>> I
>>>>> prefer "evolution" as levels in existence.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/25/12 1:31 PM, "MarshaV" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> But under it all, the fundamental nature of sq is DQ.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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