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   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   Wilson wrote:   
   > Tang Huyen wrote:   
   >>   
   >> As I have written lots of time, the regimen of   
   >> survival and the regimen of grace are unrelated.   
   >> If one is concerned with survival, grace won't   
   >> come. It comes when one does nothing,   
   >> including for survival.   
   >   
   >You have that backwards.   
   >   
   >Grace is not amenable to what we do or don't do.  It is beyond being the   
   >effect of our desires.  It either comes or it does not.   
   >   
   >That's what makes it Grace.   
      
   Tang carves what is uncarved as he carves.   
      
   Unmerited flavor does not suit all tastes.   
      
   Buds vary. If I were to have a beer, I'd say something.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)