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    Taoist communities/groups

    Grouping together as a defined entity limits you. True 'taoists' would not name the tao or consider themselves anything.
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    More Excerpts From Chuang Tzu

    The writings of Chang Tzu, Lao Tzu, or whoever reveal as much of the Tao as anything does. You experience the environment you are a part of regardless of your choice to do so or not. The Tao is everything and nothing - you see it all the time, there is nothing paricular to watch for...
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    More Excerpts From Chuang Tzu

    When 'nature' is refered to as the Tao, they don't mean nature as in stuff that is outside or the opposite of what is modern. What they mean by nature, is the nature of reality (and non-reality). Reality has invisible rules for manifestation from which all things spring forth - the primal...
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    More Excerpts From Chuang Tzu

    I think someone is being a smartass... But this is before the begining of the thoughts that I still not know of myself as being because of the habit to not be.
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    More Excerpts From Chuang Tzu

    Hmmm, this seems more complicated than Lao Tzu...So many more words together and less space... --------------------------------------------------------------------- The unity of the Way simply means all. If you look at the parts you will not see the whole...
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    Chuang Tzu

    I don't read chang tzu and this story seems pretty funny, but I can explain some things. To begin with, true taoists don't have beliefs. They don't think one way or another. Truth cannot be manipulated or changed, beliefs can. When the man went in to do art, he didn't act in a manner...
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    Proof Of The Power Of The Tao!!!

    Nowhere is somewhere between here and there...
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    Proof Of The Power Of The Tao!!!

    Big post... Let's break this up Rich people use the Tao to become rich... The Tao is the 'good' and the 'bad' because it encompasses all. Rich people become rich by using the Tao because they don't strive to create a need, they fulfill one that is already there. For instance, government...
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    Proof Of The Power Of The Tao!!!

    By the way, think of this. Working hard in most societies today is really just a construct from rich people so that you spend your life working for them and they reap all the benefits. In fact, rich people are so smart, they practically force you to specialize in something to be the most...
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    Proof Of The Power Of The Tao!!!

    I'm not afraid of hard work, in fact for many years i used to enjoy it. I used to work 14 hour days for years and hardly ever get sleep. Then one day I took a step back and asked myself, is this really worth it? Is working harder really better than working smarter? Soon, I saw that most...
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    Proof Of The Power Of The Tao!!!

    Hey you know you have this quote from the Dali Lama on your sig. I mean he gets the simplicity of life, why can't you? Obviously you thought it was worth while enough to throw into your sig. Why not actually take that piece of wisdom and apply it instead of using it as a hood ornament?
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    Proof Of The Power Of The Tao!!!

    You find what you place for yourself to find. If you dont want it to be difficult, all you must do is sincerely decide for it not to be so. When you look at life, most of everything is just excess crap you can do without. It's like mud on your soul - you have to clean that crud off so who...
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    Proof Of The Power Of The Tao!!!

    The concept of not getting caught up in the myriad details is the true power of the Tao. For example, look at Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do. ((NOTE: I'm not saying Bruce Lee is a master taoist and I don't usually like bringing up specific people and things because it triggers a host of random...
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    Proof Of The Power Of The Tao!!!

    Lol, no need to debate... people debate themselves...! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, that's because you've been trained to label certain parts of the Tao as 'Zen'. Like you said, Zen didn't exist back in Lao Tzu's time... If we were...
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    Proof Of The Power Of The Tao!!!

    Lol, this is funny... i'm so bored so I'm going to reply to this... ------------------------------------------ I know in your world everything is meant for you, but in forums where I post it's generally for the public. Otherwise, I probably would have just pmed you. I believe it's...
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    Proof Of The Power Of The Tao!!!

    Noooooooooo....... don't hijack this into a chi thing :-p I'm pretty sure just about everyone here can go on and on about chi forever... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basically it's a form of internal energy, get a book on amazon.com or find a teacher...
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    Proof Of The Power Of The Tao!!!

    I'll actually reply to some specific people here. Usually I just type whatever pops into my head and it's not meant to any specific person. Master Vigil> Preaching to a choir? Not really, just placing some footnotes for the begining of the Tao Te Ching. Personally, I prefer not to quote...
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    Proof Of The Power Of The Tao!!!

    " The Tao that can be followed is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the origin of heaven and earth While naming is the origin of the myriad things. Therefore, always desireless, you see the mystery Ever desiring, you see the manifestations...
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    Song To Inspire The World

    We see what we want to see...
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    Proof Of The Power Of The Tao!!!

    I think it's funny when people say change is the only constant. They often do not see the significance of what they are saying. If one did then all things would cease to be... --------------------------------------------------- For instance, the Ying Yang Symbol: The circle...
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