XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   liaM wrote:   
   > {:-]))) wrote:   
   >>> Ummmmmmm wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> If we have only one life - surely we have to aim for the highest?   
   >>>> Otherwise we let ourselves down.   
   >>   
   >> ...   
   >> Realizing a view of how nothing matters,   
   >> it doesn't matter how high or less than highest high one aims.   
   >>   
   >> When it is known there is no ultimate point nor purpose, one is free.   
   >>   
   >> Being entirely free of, "having to aim"   
   >> one is free indeed.   
   >>   
   >> Being liberated can be totally liberating.   
   >>   
   >> Words, such as, enlightenment, freedom, liberation, et al   
   >> might mean something, or other, given a deep ending.   
   >>   
   >> Knowing is a part of speech as it wells.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   >Very true. The dharma is not something to be dangling idle on   
   >newsgroups.  It's something to seek to complete.  Buddhism is   
   >pro-active. Leave the fucking burning house.  Get to understanding   
   >what the causes and antidote to suffering.  Make samsara obsolete.   
   >And go on to harder things to do in life.  Write your   
   >book.  Go door to door for the Dems or for Bernie.  Paint, make music,   
   >learn to make a great omelette.   
      
   To be a human being can be to simply be.   
   One does not need to do anything. No wei is the Way.   
   Even to be is not a need. So say Wu to wei.   
      
   With Taoism in mind, there is always something higher   
   and always something lower. To reach the highest high   
   reminds me of trying to be the most yang.   
      
   If anything, Taoism would suggest the opposite.   
   Water seeks its own level as rivers flow to the sea.   
   Seeking less and less and allowing all things to be   
   one might eventually arrive at wu-wei.   
      
   It don't get much more downhill than that.   
      
   I don't know if Ummmmmmm is familiar with the TTC.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)