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   Ummmmmmm to noname   
   Re: No escape   
   11 Oct 16 13:41:35   
   
   XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: nottony.nokingsbury@ngmail.com   
      
   On 11/10/2016 9:23 AM, noname wrote:   
   > Ummmmmmm  wrote:   
   >> On 9/10/2016 1:22 AM, {:-]))) wrote:   
   >>> Ummmmmmm wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> We all know that Tang is a Realized Master of Mental Culture, as we all   
   >>>> know you are a Taoist Sage.   
   >>>   
   >>> I don't know much of what Tang is.   
   >>> He disclaims being a lot of things.   
   >>>   
   >>> I am not a Taoist Sage.   
   >>>   
   >>> I often write about what I see in terms of Taoism.   
   >>> Seeing as how this is a Taoist newsgroup.   
   >>>   
   >>> I know Tang likes to crosspost messages.   
   >>> And this one is no exception. I don't know if you are here,   
   >>> where I am at, in a Taoist newsgroup, or in absfg.   
   >>>   
   >>> If you would like to talk about Taoism, that might be on-topic.   
   >>> If you want to talk about joy and happiness, that's fine.   
   >>>   
   >>> At the feast, if you recall any of the six TTCs you read,   
   >>> how would you describe Lao Tzu?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I would describe him as dead.   
   >>   
   >> Unfortunately, living Knowledge (i.e. how to sync with the Tao of right   
   >> now) can only be transmitted by a living Master to a living student.   
   >   
   > If by "a living Master" you mean a human individual, you are absolutely   
   > wrong.   
   >   
   Why?   
   What else do we have, except 'human individuals'?   
   Unless, as the Egyptians seem to have believed, you think monkeys and   
   hawks are higher?   
   Sometimes I wonder about cats.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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