TAO 61~The Yang Side: Really Reliable, Really Ripe

Friday, December 23, 2011

Really Reliable, Really Ripe

Just days ago, this bud was like a green grain of rice stuck on the end of the leaf. I can feel the energy gathering to bring it to blossom.

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Life's Lessons from the Great Books
Life's Lessons from the Great Myths
The Old Testament
Philosophy of Religion
Lost Christianities: Christian Scriptures and the Battles over Authentication
Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition
The Fall and Rise of China
The Meaning of Life: Perspectives from the World's Great Intellectual Traditions
Religion, Philosophy and the Meaning of Life
Philosophy of Mind
Consciousness and Its Implications
The Roots of Jazz (an easy A)
Buddhism
Comparative Religion
From Yao to Mao

TAO 61: A great nation flows downward into intercourse with the world. The female of the world always prevails over the male by stillness. Because stillness is considered lower, by lowering itself to a small nation a great nation takes a small nation; by being lower than a great nation a small nation takes a great nation. So one takes by lowering itself, another takes place by being lower. A great nation wants no more than to include and nurture people; a small nation wants no more than to admit and serve people. Both get what they want, so the great should be below.
translated from the Tao Te Ching, Thomas CLeary

TAO 61~The Yang Side

And on the other hand...

Friday, December 23, 2011

Really Reliable, Really Ripe

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