Limahong

Hi Emera, I don't like to chop wood. But I need it to cook food. My cooked food tasted good. Now I am in a sleeping mood. I have sent this to Robin Hood: Please give me chopped wood. We have to note/respect that Will's thread asks - Is it really desirable to become enlightened? - LimA

Hi MGHM-ELCH. I have addressed Marblehead as Dada-da for a while now. Let's banter more re the 'simplify' thread. We have to note/respect that Will's thread asks - Is it really desirable to become enlightened? A great weekend Lex. - LimA

What is the image of Dusty Buddha?

Hi Julia, TDB is sure a discussion forum. What is silence to you? How do balance this dichotomy (or Taoist duality) - silence/noise? Can silence prevail in the midst of noise? When a person meditates, is there only silence? Is silence absolute? xxx? yyy? zzz? 'xyz' pertain to questions you ask of yourself - silently. - LimA

Piss.

Sorry. Yes - PEACE to one and all.

Hi Dada-da, Paternal or maternal? Where does 'mother-in-law' fits in? External? Let's not forget that this thread pertains to: Is it really desirable to become enlightened? A great weekend. - LimA

PEACE be with you Kar3n + Marblehead.

Hi Julia, SILENCE is important in your search. - LimA

Balance => peace?

(1) Hi Steve, As indicated earlier I will only focus on your responses to Will's thread. There are so many other responses and it is not possible to engage my mind on all. These many and varied responses may be a consequence of Will's loose conceptualisation of 'enlightenment'. If Will's concept of 'enlightenment' is way off, then will his question not point to 'peace' but fragmented pieces of argument as is subsequently evident. Hell/heaven, crazy/sane... are Taoist conceptual dualities. If a person cannot embrace such dualities, can he/she be a budding Taoist? Will it be better for him/her to nip his/her brand of Taoism in the bud? Sowing wild oats... Will has to embrace Taoism as a way of life - as a process - for first-hand experiences. But it depends on his outlook in life, his lifestyle, core values... Meditation to cultivate inner peace is a very good start. I prefer peace over happiness. Truth has to be experienced first-hand for whatever it is. Happiness only one out of many emotions; it is not permanent. Questions are not useless if they can lead to better understanding. 'Realisation' is a word, not a Buddhist... End of (1). - Anand

Earthquake 12.11.2017 Kuwait , Iraq , Iran , UAE. My thoughts are with victims.

Good morning Steve, I have read your inputs per this thread and they have gotten me to hop on the bang-wagon. I will put all your thoughts together on this thread and respond accordingly. A good day to you. It is now 9:30 am at my end. - Anand

I feel the earth move.

Hi Will, How do you reconcile 'desirable' and 'enlightened'? When I am enlightened, do I still have desires to be satiated processually? If I take a wuwei path to enlightenment, isn't this path devoid of desires? Is 'enlightenment' a process or a destination? "Truths"? More like Taoist philosophical concepts? Contentment and enlightenment can be mutually exclusive? Again - contentment and enlightenent can be mutually exclusive? When I am "enlightened", am I not supposed to find meaning in The Void? "Enlightenment" converges to "contendedness"? "Postmodern philosophy is a philosophical direction which is skeptical of certain foundational assumptions of Western philosophy, of the 18th-century Enlightenment, and of philosophy in general" (Wikipedia). "Forget" Taoism? But Taoism is from the East. "Normal" + "uncertainty and nihilism" - what are their Taoist dualistic components? Is there really ever a clear answer to the question? Is there ever a possible answer to your question? In Buddhism nothing is permanent; deemed thus, perhaps there is some "higher purpose". In Taoism, isn't "uncertainty" dualistically fused with certainty? You think with "questions like this" - Is it really desirable to become enlightened? - answer(s) can be forthcoming without the surfacing of more questions? I am not being critical, but I wonder with more questions... - LimA

Good vibrations.

Milky Way - facts.

Firebird - Milky Chance

F-14 TOMCAT

Hi Julia, Perhaps from these suggestions you can figure out the ABC's of your search. Thereafter you will be on a 'Julia Cobbett' path experientially ~ first-hand? - LimA

... E-13, F-14, G-15...

Lassie

Passion

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