XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   noname asked and wrote:   
      
   >We are the true self, what other language can that which is aware speak but   
   >its own?   
   >   
   >The true self and the body are intricately and intimately linked, since the   
   >body is a fleshy version of the true self, distorted by compromise over   
   >time, compromised, so to speak.   
   >   
   >I think the reason most don't understand them fellers you mentioned is that   
   >most have let their true selves be covered over by societal obligations,   
   >their true-self has gone to sleep inside the cocoon they've spun for   
   >others' fun.   
      
   Sometimes dagnabit speaks what could be called New Thought.   
   Ore, sewn it appears to me to be among his many thoughts.   
      
   He tends to take things to a limit, yet does not cross a line   
   found in a tea ceremony at times. Nor to dot nor bat a third eye.   
      
   For you, your true self is other than everyone else's true self.   
   Oar, with a paddle you may canoe as you can as you alone can do.   
      
   With Taoism, it can be said the Sage has no self.   
   And then, those words can be tossed in a salad of words.   
      
   Given a context, the semantics may vary.   
      
   - and they of'ten-k dew   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)