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The Pictorial View of the Tao Te Ching....?

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As the man said, Tao is even in that pile of shit.

 

This was what Zhuang Tze said:

" The pile of shit is part of the process of Tao because that was the reason(tao)".

 

Tao was not really there. It was only the process of Tao which had been taken place there.

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三十幅共一轂,
當其無,
有車之用。


Thirty spokes with one hub,
Where there is space,
It has the function of a carriage
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天地不仁
以萬物為芻狗

Heaven and Earth have no mercy
Treat all things as straw dogs
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天地之間

其猶橐籥
Between heaven and earth
It's like a bellows

虛而不屈
動而愈出
Vacuous but inexhaustible
Dynamic but invigorating

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柔之勝剛
The softness is triumphant over hardness

wave_break.jpg

Water can penetrate rocks.
The softness is invincible which are all the reasons.

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天地不仁

以萬物為芻狗

Heaven and Earth have no mercy

Treat all things as straw dogs

2006-misc1st.jpg

 

banco_flood.jpg

 

I have come to love this part of the DDJ. Although it seems cruel, it is actually comforting. There is no individualization, and this removes the "Why Me?" part of tragedy (and fortune, for that matter). We are the manifestation of the Dao, that's all. The Dao has no preference as to who's Good or who's Bad. The rain falls equally upon all. So contrary to the seeming stratification within society. Which is why I know that stratification is so very wrong. (Okay...not 'wrong' because that would be a judgment too - substitute un-Dao-like)

 

and it also tells me that it doesn't matter one whit where or when we are born or die. It's all part of an endless ribbon of seeming Time - but there is no start and no ending. We've always been, we're here now, we always will be. What's to fear? We're straw dogs.

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Does anyone else see the irony on the sign on top of the building?

Yes, I noticed it but it didn't make an impression but now you have pointed it out it holds more significance.

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I just noticed the choppers in the photo too. What a dramatic moment it must have been for the observers. Wow.

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