Who here identifies as Taoist?

[blackstar212]

For those willing to "put themselves in a box" who identifies as Taoist?

Edited July 15, 2016 by blackstar212

[Marblehead]

I do.  But then I identify myself as many other things too.  Like Anarchist, Atheist, Materialist, Dirty Old Man, etc.

[dust]

I once thought of myself as something of a 'philosophical' Taoist, but 'real' Taoists told me that's not a real thing... and so I wasn't sure what I was.

 

If it turns out that 'philosophical Taoism' is a real thing after all, I'll be half of one. I don't know what the other half is.

Edited July 18, 2016 by dustybeijing

[Nungali]

I dont know if I am or not. I will leave that up to others to 'judge'  

 

However I do live the life of a ' Taoist Magician '. 

 

Today ... I  may go fishing. I found a tasty grub on the damp path early this morning. The fishing gear is out on the porch. Later I may wander downhill to the river with the gear and grub. I will find a nice spot and drop the line in and let the current take it past the big submerged log that I know about.  The bass under there may decide to take it.

 

Or not ... in any case I will sit by the river for a while, learning more about the way of 'nature' by observing the flow of the river and the water through the rapids, the tiny azure kingfishers plunging in and extracting fish ... the movement of swimming eels .... 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 18, 2016 by Nungali

[Marblehead]

Well, try to keep your tail out of the mud.

[redcairo]

I once thought of myself as something of a 'philosophical' Taoist, but 'real' Taoists told me that's not a real thing... and so I wasn't sure what I was.

 

If it turns out that 'philosophical Taoism' is a real thing after all, I'll be half of one. I don't know what the other half is.

Wow. All of the above, perfectly. I feel silly saying 'me too' but I don't think I could say it better than you did.

 

RC

[silent thunder]

I have not met a human who is a static noun, a fixed thing. We are all of us, fluid verbs.

 

The labels we use for convenience may fit certain limited aspects of our overall fluid nature, at times, but will never aptly or fully describe something which is in its nature, beyond a static description.

 

Edit for spelinggz

Edited October 29, 2016 by silent thunder

[Marblehead]

I have not met a human who is a static noun, a fixed thing. We are all of us, fluid verbs.

 

 

What a concept!!!  I have done that with only the word (label) Tao.  "... a fixed thing." is very important here.

[redcairo]

"I seem to be a verb."

 

-- Buckminster Fuller

[blue eyed snake]

maybe I am, sort of by default 

 

yesterday i was looking through an old cardboardbox with those things from the past that you keep taking with you...looking for something.

 

I found a handwritten copy of the TTC, had totally forgotten about it. Judging from the handwriting, I was probably about 16 years old when I wrote it. Nice find 

[vonkrankenhaus]

Re:

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"For those willing to "put themselves in a box" who identifies as Taoist?"

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"Identifies"?

 

This seems like more of an issue of modern, managed populations - coming from manipulators selling the concept of "persona" to consumers.

 

This is transcended in even the most basic understandings of taoism.

 

 

 

 

-VonKrankenhaus

[Drifting_Through_Infinity]

I used to identify as a Taoist, but now I'm moved on to other things

Edited October 31, 2016 by Drifting_Through_Infinity