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The Rambling Taoist
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The predominant perspective in the western world is derived from a Judeo-Christian viewpoint. This has led to dualism; people have become estranged from the environment, each other and themselves. This blog is written by a Taoist. See if you can discern a difference.
- Added on: Apr 3rd, 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Philosophy Politics Society
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Recent Posts
Wen Tzu - Verse 36, Part II
from Verse Thirty-SixIf there is nothing shrouding the spirit, and nothing burdening the mind, you are completely clear and thoroughly in tune, peaceful and unconcerned. Power and profit cannot tempt you, sound and form cannot seduce you; speechmake...
Wen Tzu - Verse 36, Part I
from Verse Thirty-SixSo to be able to rule the world it is essential to have nothing to do with the world. To be able to handle fame it is essential to do nothing excessive to get it. When you arrive in truth at the real condition of nature and lif...
Wen Tzu - Verse 35, Part II
from Verse Thirty-FiveThe reason people use limpid water for a mirror, not a moving stream, is that it is clear and still. Thus when the spirit is clear and the attention is even, it is then possible to discern people's true conditions...When a mirr...
Wen Tzu - Verse 35, Part I
from Verse Thirty-FiveThe energy that people receive from nature is one in terms of the feelings of the senses toward sound, form, scent, and temperature. But the way in which it is managed differs, in that some die thereby, and some live thereby; s...
Real Life Tao - Trees in the Wind
As I've indicated over the past few days, we've been dealing with some stormy weather here. This weather, however, has provided me with an abject lesson in Taoist principles. Such lessons are available to each of us in the routine mundaneness of ev...
Wen Tzu - Verse 34
from Verse Thirty-Four[Sages] considered the world extra and did not try to possess it; they left everyone and everything to themselves and did not seek profit. How could they lose their essential life because of poverty or riches, high or low socia...
