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    On 9/5/2021 at 1:45 AM, zerostao said:

    It is always great to hear that we have a member who gained understanding by reading Dao De Jing. Maybe you will contribute to the commentary found here

    https://www.thedaobums.com/forum/254-daodejing/

    If you are looking for a follow up read to that, I suggest

    https://www.thedaobums.com/forum/257-zhuangzi/

     

    It happened to me couple of times, I was reading a book or an article that should have helped me to understand things, but after a few pages I've stopped with: Hey, this is what Laozi wrote in 10 words and even much cleaner way. So I'm better opening daodejing again and again and finding new things inside. + other "classics", of course.

    Additionally, it makes more sense to me to understand a bit thinking of the shamanic pre-daoist era to find out where Laozi came from, than studying "modern" texts.

     

    There are interesting discussions in forums linked by you, but I haven't found any, where my thought would be helpful, yet...

     

     

    On 9/5/2021 at 3:21 AM, Nintendao said:

     

    That's great! If i may venture one more thing that came to mind, since the original post also mentions Jing. I recall having found the Neiye sort of illuminating.

     

     

    Neiye really brought a bit more light to the overall picture. Thank you for pointing on that.

     

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  2. Thank you @Nintendao for the link to the Ivanhoe's article. It's what I was originally asking for. I've just quickly scrolled through the article, it looks interesting.

     

    But much more valuable is the warning mentioned by you and @virtue . Instead of reading all the sources mentioned in the article, I'll do my best to live and feel what I've understood previously + what's mentioned here. I think I have a very nice starting point now.

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  3. Hello all,

     

    I'm practicing taiji and qigong for cca 20 years -- OK, not really continuously. I've tried some schools, read few books and I'm slowly putting together what is behind (dao philosophy, working with energy, applications). I hope, this place will help me to find the right path.

     

    maaca

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