Tao may not be defined, although people are always trying to define it.
The dictionary gives it a shot:
...the course of life and its relation to eternal truth.
...that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
And here's a very interesting definition:
...it is the open road of escape from the solitary confinement of individuality.
Taoism is easier to define, since it describes what certain people do:
The dictionary, again:
...philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events.
And according to a crow:
Tao: That which one did not realize one was part of.
Taoism: The one thing that one should never do.
Taoist: One who still thinks in terms of labels.
taoism is not Religion with God removed:
taoism is good, with religion removed.
but mostly it's another "...ism" with tao removed.
A Fool's-Eye View
You will find no politics here. But you'll find some conservative taoist views here.
The secret wisdom of crows, foxes, bats, woodpeckers, wasps, mice, spiders, snakes, fools, and, actually, all living things...
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
The Fool welcomes you...
...to the final post in this series.
Everything here is original. No quotes, no re-runs.
It exists for one reason:
Online "taoists" are thick on the ground.
But taoism is exceedingly rare.
Few understand it, still fewer demonstrate it.
So here it is, experienced for real, all I have learned,
from the source, itself. As seen by a fool.
That's right: a Fool.
For what is a crow, if not a fool?
Is This Fool a taoist?
NO! It is NOT!
It is a FOOL!
But even better: it is a crow :)
Who will be the first to say:
"He's doing it wrong"?
Everything here is original. No quotes, no re-runs.
It exists for one reason:
Online "taoists" are thick on the ground.
But taoism is exceedingly rare.
Few understand it, still fewer demonstrate it.
So here it is, experienced for real, all I have learned,
from the source, itself. As seen by a fool.
That's right: a Fool.
For what is a crow, if not a fool?
Is This Fool a taoist?
NO! It is NOT!
It is a FOOL!
But even better: it is a crow :)
Who will be the first to say:
"He's doing it wrong"?
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