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   Noah Sombrero to one   
   Re: I came to the conclusion   
   15 Jul 21 17:55:02   
   
   XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.supp   
   rt.schizophrenia   
   From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:53:30 -0700, one  wrote:   
      
   >Noah wrote:   
   >> one wrote:   
   >>> Noah wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>But when seated on a mat on the floor, with legs crossed and hands   
   >>>>just so, one can think about non-duality all day long if one pleases.   
   >>>   
   >>>Returning to a Tao, indeed without deeds pleases me.   
   >>>When finding a Tao in action, inaction, so to speak can be key.   
   >>   
   >>Good, now you must return to the mundane world where there might not   
   >>be milk in the refrigerator.  And you must find a way to supply it.   
   >   
   >Spontaneously is best for me.   
   >   
   >Thinking about going, doing, getting   
   >and betting on what Way will suffice may   
   >be problematic if not necessary all too often.   
      
   I wasn't thinking you might be foreseeing, but that you might   
   encounter it.   
      
   >   
   >The future, the past, does the present exist.   
   >Does the present unfold as a gift by its own self.   
   >   
   >Causality works wonders.   
   >   
   >Things being things of their own selves, uncaused,   
   >can be a can of Taoist worms called tzu-jan   
   >or ziran using a modern spelling.   
   >   
   >Milk finds its Way to the fridge naturally.   
   >To say a cause was found could be said.   
   >   
   >Cook Ting could have split hairs of an ox.   
   >His knife stayed totally vorpal.   
   >   
   >- thanks again!   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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