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Genuine sprititual development is not dangerous. It's only dangerous when people practice garbage and mistake it for spritual growth. 

What if the student is too advanced for the teacher?

2 minutes ago, ralis said:

Many talk on this forum with no experience of being faced with threatening situations. 

I had to deal with a raccoon in my back yard. I bet no one can top that.

If the gatekeeper never asked him to write the TTC (if we are to believe that story), then he would've just been on his merry way and minding his own business. I'm sure he knew that most people wouldn't be able to apply his advice properly, and that his criticisms on society will no longer be applicable either as society changes with time. I think he was just sincerely trying his best to write spiritual advice for living, for whoever happens to read it, with no thought to whether it will be successful or not.

Lao Tzu's spiritual message is still alive and being appreciated, by those who are able to. 

fluffy

Hi,

I think the successful way of cultivating such a method in which one deals with their own ego is to self reflect and recognize subtle views and behaviors, so that one can truly have the opportunity to see past and rise above themselves through change. The change process itself involves not feeding those recognized behavior patterns and perspectives, in order to empty ones cup and have a clear and broader view on life. Practicing virtue is a way to facilitate that. I think that when this is practiced to a high degree, where one's awareness is no longer swayed or biased towards anything, one can reach the so called emptiness.

As for the ego thats always talked about, i like to think that its just the lower self, which are the thoughts and mind that are formed as a result of having a physical body. And instead of reducing it, the better term would be integrating it with your higher self, which is your soul. 

Self reflection is hard though, many people (me) would rather move mountains than even consider the fact that they might be wrong. 

Still patiently awaiting for this to be implemented 

The pyramids align

My lego plane flies downward

Primordial chaos?

The edge of space

Should set the pace

So make your haste

Or the dirt you'll taste

Some want might

To endlessly fight

Thats full of shite

I say with spite

Some need orders

And turn into fodder

Poor poor I say

They've lost their way

No need to be silly

Live life a bit simply

Don't tire youself out

Needlessly mucking about

Just empty your head

And lie on your bed

Then maybe you'll see

That you can be quite free

Feels like... 

A brush against my side

Sounds like...

The tip of my tongue

Seems like...

A passing glance

What is it?

Is it?

Over the sunken ships,

Schools of fish at ocean's tip,

Go flippity flip

Good self awareness and judgement. I've been told that high level cultivation is done throughout the day in each and every moment, and that these will make sure that you stay on the right track as you interact with the world. 

Oh, and some luck in order to find a genuine method to cultivate. 

15 hours ago, C T said:

 

Woman's handwriting

Extracting words from Venus

Giving life to prose... 

Giving life to prose...

A natural flow of thoughts.

Easy as breathing.

Around the rosie,

A line will go full circle

Returned to the Tao

The double helix

pyrimidines and purines.

.....that a cat purring?

Music, cats, food 

and gives, never takes

bubbly sensations flow through

face rubs from a cat

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