Tag: taoism
group name: wayofganeden
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October 15, 2006 03:52 PM EDT --
Four: 1
Jonathan Star, 2000
Tao is empty
yet it fills every vessel with endless supply
Tao is hidden
yet is shines in every corner of the universe
D C Lao, 1963
The Way is empty, yet use will not drain . . . more
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July 03, 2006 01:14 PM EDT --
Let's review how Descartes shaped our collective inheritance, the rose colored glasses that are western cultures mythos and logos.
Since Descartes failed to realize that he was shaped by the ideas . . . more
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June 18, 2006 11:32 AM EDT --
Real Magic and the Tao.
Is there such a thing as magic? I believe the answer is yes – but to understand that answer you have to ask and consider what I mean by the word: magic.
When encountering . . . more
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May 27, 2006 01:45 PM EDT --
The Way of Gan Eden - a Gnostic Qabalistic Taoism [GQT]
What does this mean?
The use of the adjective Gnostic is the recognition that knowledge and wisdom is a redemptive source. Gnosticism . . . more
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July 02, 2006 03:54 PM EDT --
For many believers their world and their worldview are built upon the premise that there is one true faith; which is of course their own. They have a difficult time imagining a world that is not . . . more
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August 01, 2006 01:50 AM EDT --
One: 2
Jonathan Star, 2001
Tao is both Named and Nameless.
As Nameless, it is the origin of all things.
As Named, it is the mother of all things.
D C Lao, 1963
The nameless was the beginning of heaven . . . more
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June 11, 2006 10:49 AM EDT --
In the beginning there was Ayn Sof. Ayn Sof is a word which represents the true essence of the Divine. Ayn Sof literally means "No End", hence the Infinite. Ayn Sof is the mystery . . . more
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August 26, 2007 06:41 PM EDT --
The Emperor’s New Clothes
‘Any fundamentally new system involves new [‘Semantic Reaction’] s.r; and this is the main difficulty which besets us when we try to master a new system. . . . more
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July 02, 2006 02:06 PM EDT --
The Cosmos is a place of order, structure and patterns which in Chinese philosophy goes by the 'name'/human pointer the Tao.
All things exist because there is this order/structure/pattern which . . . more
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August 13, 2006 04:52 PM EDT --
One: 3
Jonathan Star:
A mind filled with thought, merged within itself, beholds the essence of the Tao.
A mind filled with thought, identified with its own perceptions, beholds the mere forms of this world. . . . more
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August 16, 2006 10:35 AM EDT --
I beleive that individuals , societies, cultures, civilizations, can be judged by their willingness to act wisely.
Which brings us to ask , what is wisdom?
Wisdom is the desire and the . . . more
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September 04, 2006 03:24 PM EDT --
Two: 2
Jonathan Star, 2001
Life and death are born together.
Difficult and easy
Long and short
High and low –
All these exist together
Sound and silence blend as one
Before and after . . . more
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August 20, 2006 11:56 AM EDT --
Two: 1
Jonathan Star
Everyone recognizes beauty
only because of ugliness.
Everyone recognizes virtue
only because of sin
D C Lao
The whole world recognizes the beautiful as the beautiful, yet this is . . . more
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February 03, 2007 01:44 PM EST --
[Jan 30 2007]
Let me begin with the premise that Immanuel Kant in his Critique of Pure Reason is basically right, the maps he in detailed described are correct. What does this mean?
First off Kant . . . more
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July 30, 2006 12:04 PM EDT --
I had decided to treat these entries as if I could later take them and publish them. Hence they had to be framed in a way to deal with the realities of copyrights and publishers. Therefore . . . more
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August 20, 2006 11:08 AM EDT --
One:5
Jonathan Star
How deep and mysterious is this unity.
How profound, how great!
It is the truth beyond truth,
The hidden within hidden.
It is the path to all wonder,
The gate to the essence of everything! . . . more
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August 26, 2006 03:53 PM EDT --
Two: 3
Jonathan Star
The Sage acts without action
D C Lao
Therefore the sage keeps to the deed that consists in taking no action
Lok Sang Ho
Thus the Sage would not act as if he could act on his will. . . . more
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August 19, 2006 12:24 PM EDT --
One: 4
Jonathan Star
Tao and this world seem different but in truth they are one and the same
The only difference is in what we call them
D C Lau
These two are the same but diverge in name as they issue . . . more
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September 02, 2006 12:58 PM EDT --
Two: 4
Jonathan Star
and teaches without talking.
D C Lao
and practices the teaching that uses no words.
Lok Sang Ho
He teaches the unspoken teaching.
No word is ever spoken, yet living things thrive. . . . more
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