angrymoose
angrymoose
Hi Ben
Not sure how to answer without closing the door that considering thermodynamics and the second law opens!!! One should remember that from Taoist traditions that much knowledge and technique has been derived. At the very minimum, consider T'ai Ch'i.
There was a Taoist style short story I read as a kid. It involved this warrior in a future hindu caste society with a zen like philolsophy enter the Bramin caste. He was taught the power of the open question and how an answer closes the mind. I think sometimes the verses you've presented are misused to close rather than open minds. The cultivating of the eternal Tao, is really an attitude more than anything else, ...
The second law of thermodynamics is an aspect of the Tao, in the same way a photograph or one of your posts describes an aspect of you. Its an important aspect and it drives an undestanding of many things and it likely comes with qualifications. I could have also written a thread on the Taoistic aspects of the book "Negotiating a Yes" or how a smart but dedicated politician in Washington succeeds by "playing ball" and using an understanding of the motivations of other politicians in order to accomplish his goals. All those descriptions could come with an infinite number of qualifications and there is a difference between reading about being an effective politician and being one.
Not sure how to answer without closing the door that considering thermodynamics and the second law opens!!! One should remember that from Taoist traditions that much knowledge and technique has been derived. At the very minimum, consider T'ai Ch'i.
There was a Taoist style short story I read as a kid. It involved this warrior in a future hindu caste society with a zen like philolsophy enter the Bramin caste. He was taught the power of the open question and how an answer closes the mind. I think sometimes the verses you've presented are misused to close rather than open minds. The cultivating of the eternal Tao, is really an attitude more than anything else, ...
The second law of thermodynamics is an aspect of the Tao, in the same way a photograph or one of your posts describes an aspect of you. Its an important aspect and it drives an undestanding of many things and it likely comes with qualifications. I could have also written a thread on the Taoistic aspects of the book "Negotiating a Yes" or how a smart but dedicated politician in Washington succeeds by "playing ball" and using an understanding of the motivations of other politicians in order to accomplish his goals. All those descriptions could come with an infinite number of qualifications and there is a difference between reading about being an effective politician and being one.
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