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I wonder what interpretation or commentary is supported to his translation? I read few pages and it seems a good source for a new beginner

I was wondering if we aren't all opportunists in life?? I see many so called successful people being just opportunists and then claim whatever to sustain their success. If you aren't then you become another prey and here it comes the victim. I have noticed that as I was job hunting and I was playing cat and mouse, me being the cat and the job or the interviewer the mouse. And then, what it could be the Daoist perspective on this? Thanks

Water itself is not relevant, what is important is the force behind, the energy to make it calmer, still or violent or aggressive

Why looking for opportunities, doesn't that sound much egotistical? Why peaceful and happy? I don't see much peace in life, there is always struggle, some more than other, I eat foods and I can see destruction and nothing peaceful. I am trying to understand as the more I see the more I realize I need to be smarter and take advantage of what I need not necessary follow the rules.

I see as you prepare yourself always having an eye of each opportunity and seize it. That's why I see being opportunist as well as predators do. I have noticed that poverty or street smart makes more aware of becoming opportunist. Now what do you mean about working hard, what is working hard, isn't better working smarter than harder more efficient? Even thieves master this one too. Yesterday, i was at the gym taking a shower, I put my shampoo by the shower then went to dry my swimming suit and when I came back a guy was already using my shampoo. He said, he thought nobody was using it. If you go to a third world country you can see how people have to be alert and opportunistic.

Could you give me an example of a situation?

In this article I wonder why they put Lam Saiwing performing the famous form: kungchi fu fuk??

Why is there this obsession of having a name that is not translatable or may not even have a correspondence in another language, now I see, if it was a German or French term then scholars write and try to pronounce it in German or French, just giving an example. So why if it is Chinese, we need to have a word in English?

Yes, I found it by accident as I never felt anything in all the piriformis area. By pressing and realizing that I had a problem so even if I heard my body, the numbness and lower back pain were not the root of the problem. It was the sciatica nerve. just be aware of the symptoms and that's why I asked how do we listen our bodies?? - Subconsciously? - You must answer your own ?? I couldn't answer the question until I challenged doctors and found the solution by trial and error

I hear you but my mind is not my body. I used to have a lower back pain and nothing doctors, chiropractor, PT, etc. wouldn't guess until by accident I found it was piriformis syndrome. Today, I found the right medication and right exercises and I am doing well. And I can tell you I couldn't listen my body, just be aware of the symptoms and that's why I asked how do we listen our bodies??

How can you listen your body?

I hear you my friend, there is nothing you can do, you did the best you could and that's something the cat was appreciative. Keep checking around and if there is nothing then remember the cat and hold those precious memories.

How do we know is best for the cat? How do know the cat will say enough is enough, get me out of here?

And the question again is about money. I can live with little money and I know most of my resources are limited. Then I see people chasing for the money and at least one of them will succeed and have better than the little I have. So the Daoist rhetoric about having less is better, don't really match in living in society. Unless, i have misinterpreted the Daoist texts or the DDJ. I think according to some Daoists you can blend in society, make money and cultivate the Dao and still being compassionate and helpful to others. That's the reason why I think those temples, congregations, movements were created to help each other.

I understand my enough or what I need is not the same for other people. But the reality is that money it is a necessity. The difference of today and yesterday is that goods you couldn't get because it was reserved to the minority who could afford it, it was difficult to get and today, there are more choices to choose. And my comment was general in the beginning and more specific at the end. General as money prevails living in society and specifically we need money and usually it is expensive to get the most basics even our needs. Let's talk more about real examples as medication. True, I should have taken care of myself, but body cannot tell us tomorrow you will get sick because of disharmony or whatever and medication has become helpful. Oh well for many medication is too expensive so we have to deal with the illness or die. I haven't had that problem but have seen many cases either in USA or in poor countries. Thank you for your input, I think I am getting there trying to understand the Daoist perspective.

Is that from Laozi? Which chapter says that? and to have enough I guess we need money, so when is enough for you not be enough for somebody else, right?

I guess you are referring to DDJ Chapter 8, right? The reference of water had made me to think, water can be also devastating as river floods or sea tsunamis (granted the water is pushed by jolts underground, for what I know). Living without a money to me is a bad marketing idea, it doesn't work, unless you live under the help or patronage of someone. And you are right about to develop a skill of value, some may make go by some make you rich. And still money is needed. You see, in the hood where I live there are nice houses and not affordable to everyone and still you see people living in those huge houses or nice houses. Then on the other side of the freeway there are the real homies and people don't want to live there but they can afford it and they live the American dream. So money still needed. And the question I asked how can you live in frugality when money is needed for the nice things in life.

And how that relates to Daoism? Whichever lineage or way of Dao?

It's been some time, I cycle around town and by bike path next to the ocean in sunny SOCAL. One thing I have noticed that people in general, I mean the majority of people, don't pay attention crossing the bike path, it seems they don't care if there is bike traffic. It doesn't matter if they are kids, young adults, adults. Older people, I understand why they don't pay attention. So each time, it makes me think, why they don't care or why don't they learn basic rules of respect. So are people stupid, disrespectful or careless?

Thank you and that works. BTW I read a few lines and this one struck me: "My thesis is that a deep language ability is stored in the qi field, and that One Cloud's nei dan formulas are a good example of how it is possible to train oneself to directly perceive and communicate with Nature's intelligence in a mostly non-verbal and non- ordinary language." It sounds deep structure a la Chomsky and it sounds to me plain generalization on language or better language in general. I agree with some linguists that language is an accident and the way we verbalize it is because of the pressure of air in our environment. But I think this is another topic of discussion.

I hear you, some people lack basic skills. As stated before, when I bike I look people coming down, chatting and when I get there, they won't pay attention to cross the bike path so I have to yell, "on your left", such is life

Thanks. As for motorist, that's another topic of discussion. Indeed, car drivers think they own the world, I have had the experience of biking on the bike lane, three empty lanes with little traffic and there is almost always someone driving next me at full speed. I don't know how to label that but for me it is plain and simply stupidity. Every year there are cyclist victims. I know there are some idiots cyclists out there but personally, I am careful and keep an eye of traffic. When I drive, I respect cyclist space and if possible drive next lane. Again, my question was about how humans cannot pay attention when crossing a bike path. They certainly know they won't get hurt because they won't do the same if they cross a street, if you cross without paying attention death is inevitable.

Is it a safe doc file? It was empty when I downloaded

I am glad you know what I am talking about it. Not sure about disconnected, it seems to me that they feel empowered. I remember someone saying that humans driving a car is a dangerous machine because they feel empowered and think they own the world then when they go to the beach is like they own the beach.

Do you really they are thinking about something? What could they think about? I wonder