Hello all- My take on a fish's knowledge of the existence of water is based upon S. Mitchell's translation of Tao Te Ching Chapter 2: "Being and non-being...
I think (for my taste) there is far too much logical reasoning in this thread :) I certainly have no idea what people are talking about?? S. Mitchell's...
I also think this is getting a bit twisted in logic. I also would like to recommend a female's perspective on the Tao Te Ching. It's available for download...
Allie: Very excellent. You are hitting on some very important points, IMHO. Since I do not speak Mandarin, I have to rely on as many translations as I can...
Erik, it's nice to have such a variety of translations up for recommendation. I'm sure it will give an insight to Taoism newcomers into how complex finding the...
This from Robert D. Finley's Tao te Ching: Poetry and Paradox: Chapter 17: Pure Inspiration The great above, the people scarcely know. The lesser win the...
Hi folks, I just recovered two perfectly good messages from the group's spam box -- there were no duds in there. Apparently Yahoo Groups' new anti-spam...
Bah - just figured out how to turn the new "feature" off. Our members are moderated until their first post is approved in any case. Please forgive my "spam"! ...
Hello all, there's 2-posts pending promoting traditional religious taoism. If the group's interested, the posts can be approved and their author unmoderated. ...
I skimmed the promoted site wanderingtaoist.net and I thought it was wordy but interesting. So far, the prices for the "religious goods", i.e. incense seemed...
I happened across another news article out of Asia concerning the Tao Te Ching (Daodejing) summit and thought I would share it with all. Summit Wishing you...
Thanks for the updates. I'd like a bit more meat and less candy, but I know you're relaying what ya got. I hope to see some sort of publication from the...
Hi Patrick, I'm Alexandra (or Allie for short). I don't consider myself a Taoist because I believe in the Taoist priests' definition of Taoist but I do very...
Maybe a round of introductions would revive a group that's been a shade moribund lately. Hello to all! I am Erik Hare, and I'm not really a Taoist in any...
Thanks for responding, Erik and Alexandra. Below, you will find a bit of prose I wrote (for my colleagues) that describes my perspective... I study the I Ching...
Hi all- I am with Erik. I am very new to this, having started roughly six months ago. I am not a religious Taoist, however I read and meditate on the Tao Te...
I do not associate Taoism with "religion"...Rather, with spirituality...Taoism has reinforced my desire to... *Stay close to nature *Meditate *Express myself...
Introductions are always a good idea. Since I just joined... My introduction to Taoism was a copy of Lin Yu-Tang's Tao Te Ching in the public library about 40...
Since this group is focused on applied or practical aspects of taoism, that is what I would like to discuss with the group. Some years ago I wrote a college...
I don't associate Tao with religion, but not exactly with spirituality either. That's a tricky word to define, anyway, so I prefer to avoid it. At best, I...
I have found that counting my breaths in meditation has been helpful...and the writings of Thich Nhat Hanh Patrick ... spirituality ... like ... learn ... ...
Replies below. ... Sure. Sounds great. Or even the original paper. ... Uh-huh. Big systems are essentially conservative, responding to change only when...
in my dream, a faceless person orders me to do harm to myself upon awakening it becomes clear to me...I am not a slave I am free in each moment I can step to...
That's never worked for me. I've tried - it's basic Buddhist meditation instruction, of course - but no go. I switch to "autopilot" and count in the background...
Michael, When I get up at dawn and hear birds or other nature sounds, I start to meditate...The same is true at dusk...Even when I am shooting my basketball...
Spontaneous, eh? Good. There's a fairly large park near my home. I find myself drawn into a sort of altered state when I'm walking there, especially through...
There is no single method of meditation, Just as surely as there is no one way to cook. A novice chef must learn the fundamentals, How to chop, to fry, to...
