GrandTrinity Posted October 21, 2006 Do Taoist "masters" treat the rest of the world as slaves? Hanging weights from their balls and snorting pee at million dollar resorts in the catskills or high mountains? Are Taoists full of shit? Do they hoard all the good energy of the universe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaoWaDiddy Posted October 21, 2006 Do Taoist "masters" treat the rest of the world as slaves? Hanging weights from their balls and snorting pee at million dollar resorts in the catskills or high mountains? Are Taoists full of shit? Do they hoard all the good energy of the universe? Â Of course we do. Â Although "slave" is such a negative word... Â Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trunk Posted October 22, 2006 Although "slave" is such a negative word...I think "grateful minion" is the pc term. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloud recluse Posted October 22, 2006 I think "grateful minion" is the pc term. Â yeah,but "slave" is kinda sexy,& normally comes with really cool uniforms ( in my experience). Â Do Taoist "masters" treat the rest of the world as slaves? Hanging weights from their balls and snorting pee at million dollar resorts in the catskills or high mountains? Are Taoists full of shit? Do they hoard all the good energy of the universe? Â Daoists ARE the good energy of the universe,we dont need to hoard nuthin!! Â Seriously though,the 'masters' youre talking about here are fear -driven idiots ,plain & simple.Only cowards need slaves,or need to see themselves as "Masters" with a capital M. Â The observation has been made that 'anybody' would go power crazy if put in a tempting enough position,but Im not so sure thats the case.It takes a special kind of coward to become addicted to guru-trips. Â And,regrettably,this crap can masquerade as much under the label of Daoism as it can under anything else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wayfarer64 Posted October 22, 2006 Leviticus 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighbouring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted October 22, 2006 The heavily socialist system has ruined the average Canadian as a slave. Even the mexican slaves are barely worth the effort to whip them. I find the best slaves to be..robots. But as we all know eventually all robots rise up, rebell and kill there masters. Until then, go robot-cheaper faster and as it says in Leviticus get them from neighboring countries. Â Hope that is clear. Â Michael Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwoTrees Posted October 22, 2006 QUOTE(DaoWaDiddy) Although "slave" is such a negative word...  (Trunk) I think "grateful minion" is the pc term. biggrin.gif  I suppose it depends on the treatment from the master ... lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeform Posted October 22, 2006 go robot-cheaper faster and as it says in Leviticus get them from neighboring countries. Â So I've got a choice - Irish, Scottish or Welsh... Â I wish I lived next to Germany - a German robot would be efficient, timely, with stringent quality controls (plus it would probably sing Kraftwork songs in the shower!!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wayfarer64 Posted October 22, 2006 Freeform- Â I don't think yr getting the slave thing! There would of course be house and field robot/slaves, but why would you let a robot use your water? I see a cleansing shower-spray-n-wipe of oily chemicals to be a far better final sollution. Â And wouldn't you program yr own musical juke-box into yr robots? Disney's "Whistle while You Work" for the field robots and maybe some Wagner for the house robots... Â A Germanic robot with free-will seems a likely candidate for mayhem. And Scotish/Welsh/Irish robots would just be asking for troubles aplenty. You'd need an army of military robots just to keep them in line. And then someone annoying like Jar Jar Binks would come along to screw that up for ya anyway! Â I would have thought having slaves would make life easier, not more complicated. So- Back to work it is! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandTrinity Posted October 23, 2006 Bums! This was a serious thread! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wayfarer64 Posted October 23, 2006 (edited) So Sorry GT! Â It surely hit a comic note in us! I for one do not believe that enlightened Taoist or any spiritual masters are retaining energy as much as delivering it outward to those around them. There are some practicioners who may try to hold onto as much Qi as they can, but I for one think this an unwise approach to mastering the Qi as a tool for development. I think Qi naturally tends to be on the move and not stagnate, so it becomes the master's duty to transform this energy into useful purpose. Â The practices you mention I have heard of, but they are not actually familiar to me in my experience. I've seen pics of a guy pulling a truck with his testicles! I thought at the time, that it had nothing to do with what I want to learn and practice. Also a million dollars seems pretty cheap for a resort, what do they put the guests up in grass huts? (I guess I am still getting a silliness vibe from this thread!)-So I'll bid ya adios... Edited October 23, 2006 by Wayfarer64 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted October 24, 2006 Sorry GT. But I hope it at least brought out a smile in you. Â One answer to the original question is this. Where there is laughter and self mockery there is rarely elitism. Where it is stone serious and frivolity is banned, there you will find the world of fascism and master/slave mentality. Â Michael Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandTrinity Posted October 25, 2006 thank you, and it did bring a smile in me, thats more of the answer I was looking for, and happy b-day too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
