I never read "Thunder in the Sky" (although I'll be looking for it now!) but I have run across these points time and again in Daoist writings. There is also an...
Hi Lisa, I don't know what is happening in your life, but it sounds like you are no longer in the right place. I've had the experience you describe, and the...
I have to disagree with you: these performances are wu wei. In fact, they are what I am looking for when I say I try to practice wu wei, the moments when...
I sympathize with Lisa's post below. It sounds people are "depending upon" Lisa to "keep the ball rolling" in their behalf. She is useful to them in the below...
What is a good analogy for turtles and trees is not such a good analogy for people. Turtles and trees are useful when they are dead. People are only useful...
hello Patrick; interesting post... completely opposite of my thought process :) i'm guessing that the term usefulness is really very broad and diverse. i am...
... What a great idea! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_china Bone china is a type of porcelain body first developed in Britain in which calcined cattle bone...
hi Pocossin; actually i was told a legend about the cealedon glaze where a master chinese potter had so to do something for the emporer.... important somehow...
http://pottery.about.com/od/glazesurfaces/a/copredleg.htm ok it wasnt celadon... it was copper red! but it did have to do with reduction :) i had forgotten...
http://pottery.about.com/od/glazesurfaces/a/copredleg.htm ok it wasnt celadon... it was copper red! but it did have to do with reduction :) i had forgotten...
http://pottery.about.com/od/glazesurfaces/a/copredleg.htm ok it wasnt celadon... it was copper red! but it did have to do with reduction :) i had forgotten...
hey all so sorry for the triple post... talk about forcing somehting...me and yahoo groups sometimes have fussy fights and i get to complaining with my pushy...
Kind of like focusing on the fundamentals. You don't practice wining basketball games. Instead you practice free throws, and guarding, and shooting, and...
... Good advice. ... Makes sense. For a swimmer, when do you ... Maybe I need a plan. And include doing nothing as part of the plan. This may be what I'm...
... off the cuff, from no particular direction: 1. the dragon never actually harmed anyone 2. a problem is a problem 3. maybe the dragon just wanted to...
you reminded me of the relativity of things, where one's perspective as to usefulness and uselessness change upon whatever convergence of the 10k things might...
Not sure why, but your request for membership JUST showed up. I see you tried on 10/8. My apologies for software glitches. Welcome to taotalk. If you care...
Hi Lisa, 1. Yep. 2. Yep. 3. Maybe. Or maybe he got tired and thought he'd found a quiet place to rest. 4. I take two messages from this story: yes, you should...
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