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  1. Posted · Edited by moment

    Clearing blue sky,
    A promise in bare branches.
    In winter, there are sunny days.
    In adulthood, childhood can return.

     

                                        Optimism, 365 Tao, Deng Ming-Dao

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    13 hours ago, Ilovecoffee said:

     

    How would you recognize a Tao Sage if you met one?

     

    I contend that you could recognize such a "Sage" by them demonstrating abilities before scientists and medical doctors to rule out fraud.

    And I contend that that would be only one of many types.  There is way too much effort to create form, function, even a criteria. That is not the way of the Tao.  The only sure way to stay on the path is through meditation.  Each of us must find the meditation that is best for us and we must be alert to, the subtle changes in, the needs of our meditations as we grow older. Whispers of the Heart, the Spirit, our very blood, when understood correctly, are the best teachers we will ever have.

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    I would suspect that people who have widely searched, for the meditation that works well for them, have a much lower rate of suicide than the general population. Also, the instincts acquired from effective meditation greatly lessens worries about what-ifs.

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    2 hours ago, Marblehead said:

    Agree.  Big Bang is a theory.  But still the best one available.  There are many things we still don't understand.  Dark Matter and Dark Energy are two of them.  Theories tell us what they likely do but there is still no proof.

     

    Yes, Hoyle coined the term but he didn't accept it.  Neither did Einstein.  Hoyle wanted it to be more complicated and Einstein wanted a static universe.

     

    Maybe there wasn't a "real" beginning but rather cycles of redundant universes?

     

    What I do know is that Tai Chi and other Daoist meditations have made me a calmer, healthier, more rational human being.  Even though millions of people have had similar experiences, science has had very little success in cracking that code. That I will continue to become a more competent human (in this journey which I have very little clue about anything) is an assumption based on faith and hope.  As always, it has been a pleasure talking to you.

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    6 hours ago, Marblehead said:

    No, not really.  Science states that the Big Bang was a result of Singularity exploding.  Therefore Singularity existed prior to the Big Bang.  Singularity is One.  Tao gave birth to One.

     

     

    6 hours ago, Marblehead said:

     

     

    The name “Big Bang” was actually coined by astronomer Fred Hoyle, who was the leading proponent of an alternative theory, where the universe continues forever without a beginning. Dark matter (which holds galaxies together) and dark energy (which makes the expansion of the universe accelerate) are the biggest mysteries that aren't described by the Big Bang theory by itself. The "Big Bang" is a theory and not a fact.

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    6 minutes ago, Nungali said:

     

    What's the source?    It sounds like an early version of what I posted above about how some see the elements .

    The modern classification is crust mantle core ..... did they have a core concept ?     :unsure:

     

    It seems to come from a book called Pahlavi? I don't see anything about a core though.

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    4 minutes ago, Nungali said:

     

    that such dualism was inserted via western interpretations and understandings.  The stronger dualism seems to come from a latter time. 

     

    The early dualism seems to relate to a human propensity of the 'mind' ... to go or do good or bad .  . . .   or , more precisely , to develop as Vohu or Angra  (see how quickly we can slip into using our own words and concepts when we translate ! ) 

    Yeah, I like that.

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    In some of the older Zoroastrian documents they mention earth being in three layers.  The first layer is the crust, the second is a fiery hell but, i can't find anything about what the third layer is.  Does anyone here know?

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    Zoroastrians call their prayers Manthras.  The official Zoroastrian line seems to be that Manthras are holy spells?  If so, doesn't this mean that the mainline Zoroastrians believe in magic? If so, how far does this belief in magic go officially and in what context? 

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    1 hour ago, Nungali said:

    ..... more about this to come  in the little article I am working on .... gotta scoot into town for training  ( nearly forgot ! ... its Saturday ! )

    Saturday!  You must be a long ways away from me.  It is 4pm Friday here in the Pacific N.W.

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    5 hours ago, Marblehead said:

    And I suppose that I should mention that I have to give Nietzsche credit for introducing me to Zoroastrianism through his book "Thus Spoke Zarathustra".

     

     

     

     

     

    I just got Grahm Parkes' translation for $3.99 on Ebay with free shipping  from Thrift books. cool, cool.

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    5 hours ago, Marblehead said:

    And I suppose that I should mention that I have to give Nietzsche credit for introducing me to Zoroastrianism through his book "Thus Spoke Zarathustra".

     

     

     

     

    Thank you, Marblehead.  I am going to check that out.

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    3 minutes ago, Marblehead said:

    Yes, I think that as a result of the information Nungali is presenting we find that the roots of Zoroastrianism reach back much further than Zarathustra himself.

     

    I have an attachment to Zoroastrianism because it is the one religion that states specifically that God created mad with free will.  And this free will allows us, each individual, to make choices in our life.  How Taoist is that?

     

    I agree.  You saw this quote before:   "With an open mind, seek and listen to all the highest ideals. Consider the most enlightened thoughts. Then choose your path, person by person, each for oneself." --Zoroaster

     I apologize for the cut and paste coming in so bold.

     

    That is so much what much of this site is about.  Learning and figuring out what is best individually.  Zoroaster was so far ahead of his time.  He was amazing.

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    11 hours ago, Nungali said:

     

    Well, they seem some copied and pasted  vague comparative stats ...what do you want education with ?

     

    On the first part of your comment, obviously, that was what it was intended to be. You need not worry about the education part though, you have been doing very well on that and I thank you for asking.I also thank you for all of your above in this thread. I appreciated this line of yours: "One never knows  perhaps the 'shining radiant being'' that communicated all this to him was a metaphorical flattery ?"  I suspect that has happened often through out history in all things religious.

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