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July Hibernation
19-07-2007, 03:11 PM,
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July Hibernation
marathondan Wrote:One immediate comment is on that Tao chap - "Freed from desire, you can see the hidden mystery / By having desire, you can only see what is visibly real." Surely that can only be a short-term thing? To me, if you take aware desire, then there's nothing left to life - whether you see humans as spiritual beings, or just jumped-up animals.

In fact it's a paradox - because the desire to free yourself from desire is itself a... you can see where I'm going. But then again, I find that most philosophies are paradoxical in some way.

I'm no Taoist scholar - far from it. But I agree, on the face of it Taoism does seem to be a mass of paradoxes...

[SIZE="1"][SIZE="2"]When there is no desire,
All things are at peace.[/SIZE][/SIZE]

It seems to be more about being in harmony with your natural environment and indifferent to success or failure. Through detachment from artificiality, we can conquer fear and attain bliss.

Apparently.

marathondan Wrote:My own spiritual quest (other than running) has taken the form of a long and inconclusive dalliance with Christianity. I spend much of my time going around in circles. Another parallel with running...

You ain't alone, brother.

More to come...
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July Hibernation - by El Gordo - 05-07-2007, 12:15 PM
July Hibernation - by Ana - 05-07-2007, 12:37 PM
July Hibernation - by Sweder - 05-07-2007, 06:01 PM
July Hibernation - by stillwaddler - 05-07-2007, 09:38 PM
July Hibernation - by Ana - 06-07-2007, 10:40 AM
July Hibernation - by Bierzo Baggie - 08-07-2007, 09:47 AM
July Hibernation - by Sweder - 10-07-2007, 08:32 AM
July Hibernation - by El Gordo - 10-07-2007, 12:28 PM
July Hibernation - by Sweder - 10-07-2007, 01:15 PM
July Hibernation - by glaconman - 10-07-2007, 03:53 PM
July Hibernation - by glaconman - 10-07-2007, 04:05 PM
July Hibernation - by El Gordo - 10-07-2007, 04:22 PM
July Hibernation - by Sweder - 10-07-2007, 07:43 PM
July Hibernation - by El Gordo - 10-07-2007, 07:59 PM
July Hibernation - by Ana - 16-07-2007, 12:33 PM
July Hibernation - by El Gordo - 19-07-2007, 12:35 AM
July Hibernation - by marathondan - 19-07-2007, 12:14 PM
July Hibernation - by Ana - 19-07-2007, 02:04 PM
July Hibernation - by Sweder - 19-07-2007, 02:41 PM
July Hibernation - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 19-07-2007, 03:11 PM
July Hibernation - by glaconman - 19-07-2007, 09:58 PM
July Hibernation - by El Gordo - 20-07-2007, 06:09 AM
July Hibernation - by Sweder - 20-07-2007, 08:23 AM
July Hibernation - by El Gordo - 20-07-2007, 08:41 AM
July Hibernation - by glaconman - 22-07-2007, 12:42 AM
July Hibernation - by Sweder - 22-07-2007, 06:27 AM
July Hibernation - by El Gordo - 22-07-2007, 07:57 AM
July Hibernation - by El Gordo - 23-07-2007, 07:29 AM
July Hibernation - by marathondan - 24-07-2007, 07:59 AM
July Hibernation - by glaconman - 24-07-2007, 08:50 AM
July Hibernation - by Sweder - 24-07-2007, 10:16 AM
July Hibernation - by El Gordo - 25-07-2007, 06:15 AM
July Hibernation - by marathondan - 25-07-2007, 07:06 AM
July Hibernation - by Bierzo Baggie - 25-07-2007, 12:41 PM
July Hibernation - by Sweder - 25-07-2007, 09:53 PM
July Hibernation - by El Gordo - 25-07-2007, 10:12 PM
July Hibernation - by Sweder - 29-07-2007, 12:25 PM
July Hibernation - by El Gordo - 30-07-2007, 12:52 PM
July Hibernation - by El Gordo - 30-07-2007, 03:51 PM

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