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Daodejing 30
#30* The minister who relies on the DAO never threatens all under heaven with violence. Surely such an action must lead to retaliation. Wherever troops walk, weeds grow After the time of war, must come the time of famine. The… Continue reading
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Entelechy – Cosmos – Event
Seek thou after the entelecy of things if the opening of the Way is thy quest. Look not to the particular example or the general explanation of anything. To take up experience as wisdom means to be a student of… Continue reading
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Flowing / Swaying
Knowledge is holding power: directing actuality or enabling skill. Thus, knowing thinks as a kind of doing, taking-up, having-in-hand, putting-to-work. Knowledge embraces interference (striking-between) not only establishing but proliferating differences, setting apart and breaking down until the world is an… Continue reading
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Daodejing 28
#28* Knowing power, abiding in modesty; like a stream under Heaven. Like a stream under Heaven- never abandoning eternal virtue, returning at last to purity. Knowing white, abiding in black; like this order under Heaven. Like this order under Heaven-… Continue reading
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Melancholia: Certain Tracks and Uncertain Treks
Melancholia, always patient watcher, lurking in backgrounds, awaiting a moment when Sophia is not watching o’er my mind: Then, darkness. — Keith Wayne Brown (@pahndeepah) April 23, 2013 Flow the words from my fingers through the medium, plastic metal silicone… Continue reading
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Daodejing 27
#27* The one who masters walking leaves no footprints. The one who masters speaking makes no slips of the tongue. The one who masters counting needs no tally tools to count. The one who masters shutting the door needs no… Continue reading
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Daodejing 26
#26* Heaven is the root of lightness. Tranquility masters recklessness. Therefore the Sage travels all day careful to abandon nothing. Even in the face of luxury, like the swallow he flies undistracted. Why is the King with 10,000 chariots reckless… Continue reading
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Daodejing 25
#25* There is a thing born of Nature before Heaven & Earth. Soundless, formless Independent, unchanging Always turning, never stopping. Regard it: the Mother of All. I do not know its name, reluctantly I call it the Great Way (Dao).… Continue reading
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Daodejing 24
#24* A show-off never learns A know-it-all never shines A braggart never achieves A boaster never gets ahead All of this is most unnecessary Seen from the viewpoint of the Way The person on the Way avoids all of this… Continue reading
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Daodejing 23
#23* Speak rarely like Nature. Typhoons do not blow all morning. Thunderstorms do not last all day. Who makes the typhoon to blow and storm to thunder? Heaven and earth. If even Heaven and Earth cannot sustain things for long,… Continue reading
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A Frank Prayer
Oh thou endless Great Way, broad and flowing in profound tranquility, Where hatred happens, let there now be love; Where weakness occurs, fortitude; Where doubt arises, faithfulness; Where despair crushes, hopefulness; Where darkness encroaches, enlightenment; Where sadness lingers, joyfulness. Encompassing… Continue reading
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Textimony 20130223
The Encompassing flows always with ease and already in due time. How can you detain This by clinging to unconstant things or thinking fleeting concepts? Related articles Textimon 20130216 (keithwaynebrown.com) Cultivating Non-Intellection (keithwaynebrown.com) Seeking What the Wise Seek (keithwaynebrown.com) Impermanence (earthmama02.wordpress.com) Wabi-sabi… Continue reading
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No Room for Improvements
You would find your own life and the lifeworld itself flourishes with more gracefulness if you just let-go the need to improve yourself. Wait, wait: Don’t misunderstand me. Not recommending that you stop doing Yoga or meditating or learning skills… Continue reading
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