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From: kittyp2060@hotmail.com
"Ned Ludd" wrote in message
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> "Tang Huyen" wrote in message
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> > On 11/7/2016 7:06 PM, Ned Ludd wrote:
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> >> The multitude is merry, as if on a holiday, or watching a parade.
> >> I alone am inert, like an infant not yet a child.
> >> Drifting, belonging nowhere.
> >> Others have more than they need; I alone seem to have lost all.
> >> I am a fool, yes, and confused.
> >> Others are clear and bright; I am dull and dark.
> >> Others are clever and assured; I am blunt and obscure,
> >> Patient as the sea, drifting like the waves.
> >> Everyone is busy, I alone am aimless and uncouth.
> >> I am different; I take nourishment only from my mother.
> >
> > DDJ 20, Ta-kao:
> >
> > Between yea and nay, how much difference is there?
> > Between good and evil, how much difference is there?
> > What are feared by others we must fear; Vastly are
> > they unlimited!
> > The people in general are as happy as if enjoying a
> > great feast. Or, as going up a tower in spring. I alone
> > am tranquil, and have made no signs, Like a baby who
> > is yet unable to smile; Forlorn as if I had no home to
> > go to.
> > Others all have more than enough, And I alone seem
> > to be in want. Possibly mine is the mind of a fool,
> > Which is so ignorant!
> > The vulgar are bright, And I alone seem to be dull.
> > The vulgar are discriminative, and I alone seem blunt.
> > I am negligent as if being obscure; Drifting, as if being
> > attached to nothing.
> > The people in general all have something to do, And I
> > alone seem to be impractical and awkward. I alone
> > am different from others. But I value seeking
> > sustenance from the Mother.
> >
> > Classic Daoism, in pristine purity. Clear like a bell.
> >
> > "Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of
> > Man has no place to lay his head."
> > He said to another man, "Follow me." But he replied,
> > "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."
> > "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and
> > proclaim the kingdom of God."
> >
> > This last part, let the dead bury the dead, shows
> > unconcern, but has never been practiced by his
> > followers, it seems. The part, the Son of Man has no
> > place to lay his head, is taken by Madame Guyon to
> > teach the un-established mind.
> >
> > Tang Huyen
> >
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> There are always dead needing to be buried. Always
> something undone, needing to be done. Always 20 more
> years of practice before enlightenment. Or 20 more
> lifetimes, or 20 thousand, or 20 million. I would agree
> with the little brown Jew on that score, that now is the
> moment that it should all be done. But he may not have
> meant that. He may have just wanted the man to come
> with him to spread the Gospel. Perhaps it was THAT
> urgent at the time. The dead still got buried; the gospel
> still got preached.
>
> Foxes have dens, but some birds don't have nests.
> The cuckoo lays its eggs in other birds' nests. And
> the Great Horned Owl uses the abandoned nests of
> other birds. It all gets done. One way or another.
>
> Ned
>
> A good person is not aware of goodness.
> A good person does nothing, yet leaves nothing undone.
> A kind person does things, and leaves nothing undone.
> A just person does things, and leaves much to be done.
> A dogmatic person does things, and nothing happens;
> so he pushes people around.
>
It's just that simple. After reading teachings in Buddhism , Hinduism,
Taoism, etc - and arguing to justify ones dogma on usenet - isn't the truth
of it to just then live? Maybe live with the happiness of cherishing life,
suffering and all? Can people think their way to enlightenment? I don't
think so - but then again, I'm not enlightened. Just happy most of the time.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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