XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: tanghuyen@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/6/2016 11:53 AM, dagnabit wrote:   
      
   > oddly enough, for those who don't understand it,   
   > it's pretty much useless because they can't grasp   
   > its meaning, and for those that do understand it, it's   
   > pretty much useless because they are already there.   
      
   To settle has both a good and bad meaning. It's good   
   to settle down and let the mud sink to the bottom,   
   leaving the rest of the water clear. It's bad to settle   
   down to something and take it as basis, hang on to it   
   as anchor of reality, well beyond its purview. This latter   
   is the exact sense inveighed against by "unsupported   
   thought", "un-established mind". The good sense is   
   to let what happens unfold from its own side, without   
   interfering with it, for or against.   
      
   As you say, for those that do understand it, it's pretty   
   much useless because they get it instinctively,   
   naturally (zi-ran 自然), so to speak, in their marrows.   
   No question.   
      
   Tang Huyen   
      
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