XPost: alt.philosophy.zen, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.taoism   
   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   Ned wrote:   
      
   > The way I would say it   
   >is that whatever my genetic combination can produce, can be   
   >produced ten thousand times over by various other couples   
   >on the planet. (And probably is.)   
      
   I never wanted to reproduce.   
   A strange word.   
      
   Reproduce myself?   
   Reproduce reproduction?   
   Continue the cycles within the cycles?   
      
   For me, reproduction spelled responsibilities.   
   Being irresponsible at heart, I'd rather be free of them.   
      
   It's possible that, by nature, I'm hyper-responsible.   
   Too concerned. Too sensitive. Too afraid. Too aware. To a point.   
      
   If so, perhaps that's why Taoism and Hinduism appeal to me.   
      
   I appeal to ways that mean less. Far less.   
   Than those ways that most people prefer.   
      
   Being a bit muddled, myself, I can relate to Lao Tzu.   
   Being all over the map, I can relate to Zz.   
      
   Between the poetry and prose of the texts, I find myself.   
   At home within a room. Knowing the world, within.   
   Without reproduction.   
      
   Bynner's TTC says tian-xia and the sage are immune.   
   Immune to the straw-dogs. Such is their nature.   
      
   Kinda makes me wonder how Ned's version reads.   
      
   - among all the various ways   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)