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   rt.schizophrenia   
   From: being@apolka.sign   
      
   Noah wrote:   
   > one wrote:   
      
   >>Growing old, some Taoists were alone. Hermits. Reclusive   
   >>ones among the many who were philosophically amusing.   
   >   
   >Not caring for children having no wives, does not mean that their   
   >perspective was superior to those who have such   
      
   When Chuang-tzu's wife died, his friend, Huizi, found him, Zz   
   banging on pots and pans and having a great time.   
   How could you, Huizi asked. She was the   
   mother of your kids. Why are you   
   not mourning, grieving, etc.   
      
   Zz explained his philosophy,   
   given: a Daoist tale.   
      
   >>Confucians took life more serious. Rules, regulations, rites   
   >>and music to be played lost their joy of playing simply   
   >>to play for a time being too serious, naturally.   
   >   
   >Wives and children do not loose their joy making if played well.   
      
   A point was how rules and regulations may confuse   
   one's innate or natural inclinations. Freedom can be   
   a point of interest. How to be and/or stay free.   
      
   Taoism contrasts with Confucianism.   
   Buddhism contrasts with Hinduism in a Way.   
      
   To suppose there is a self, an individual entity who   
   reincarnates on the Wheel of Eighty-four, samsara may   
   be problematic for some minds. No escape for those then.   
      
   Yet without a permanent self, problem solved.   
   While a body, be it a wife or a child, is born, dies   
   and might be viewed as a reincarnation of a sort,   
   without a self, a paradigm shifts. Shapes vary.   
      
   >>>>Lines, planes, dimensions vary.   
   >>>   
   >>>If they can be proven.   
   >>   
   >>Axoims tend to be taken for granted.   
   >   
   >1 is 1 must be granted.  1+1 is 2 must be granted.  Not great leaps   
   >into mystery.  They make useful foundations for things that humans   
   >need to do.   
      
   Aye. Counting on counting numbers, natural numbers   
   might make for a ruler, naturally, given a count of sorts.   
      
   ... snip ...   
      
   >  Living life is driven by entropy.  When   
   >that life dies, entropy drops away, but is still enough for other   
   >forms to benefit from.  Like trees.   
      
   Thanks for sharing your understanding. You say,   
   entropy drops away. I may say, entropy increases.   
      
   >>When a body decays, its entropy increases.   
      
   - thanks again!   
      
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