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Hi Creighton, Compassionately ~ with silent feelings. Passionately ~ with thunder. By living your best for your loved one... - Anand

Love and let love...

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Yes ~ when it comes to love. LOVE.

Hi Creighton, Entirely internal process ~ when I am ONE with/unto myself... experiencing ONEness... thus no sharing needed? - Anand

Hi Spotless, There is consistency in argument. But how about the sun and shadow? Ins't the sun a part of The Tao? The sun has set at my end. Good night. - Anand

Good practice to you. Good night to me.

Yes/no?

Hi CloudHands, I like "suppose...". - Anand

The linkage with ... ... what is "wholeness"?

Because... ... The Tao follows only itself? Does The Tao casts a shadow?

Hi CloudHands, What is "wholeness"? A word or a feeling? If it is a word ~ can it be elaborated with more words? If it is a feeling ~ can you keep on feeling it? - Anand

Hi CloudHands, These factors are perennial even for the millennial. Learning... knowing... balancing... prioritizing... etc... in living... The question is ~ am I living in general or as an individual through self-questioning? - Anand

Hi CloudHands, Can I take the liberty to suggest that you try and understand what rideforever is trying to put across. You definitely have a story and identity per what you are undergoing now ~ your evolution... Stop drifting ~ anchor yourself to his post and start taking responsibility by interpreting/countering his thoughts. A worthwhile challenge for you ~ going forward. - Anand

Hi Creighton and rideforever, Now I find 'small' meaningful... For me now 'small' points to self, basic, focus, manageability... and I am looking at the following from a new Taoist light... Do the above smell of self-destiny, wuwei, contentment...? - Anand

Hi rideforever, Beautiful. Small ~ but THE only identity/part. - Anand P.S. This week is Navy Seal rescuer (Thailand Cave boys) Saman Kunan first anniversary.

Hi CloudHands, You are connected to your grandfather by your father ~ and there are apparently very strong feelings. Have you ever thought of your Dad's feelings for his Dad ~ I believe they must be equally strong as yours for your grandfather. Why? This tune has always connected me thus... Grandpa => Dad => me... through a basic "father-son" tie... It was featured on CCTV's Lunar New Year Eve Gala 2016 and tears flowed... "Plenty of feelings"... you are blessed. - Anand

Hi CloudHands, Cherish your Dad... Grandfather => Father => Son. - Anand

Hi Creighton, Yes ~ very tiny. 50 % of you ~ your forefathers' sperm. - Anand

Hi CloudHands, To move forward ~ just let those questions shake you periodically... be aware of the Dunning-Kruger effect... " In 2011, David Dunning wrote about his observations that people with substantial, measurable deficits in their knowledge or expertise lack the ability to recognize those deficits and, therefore, despite potentially making error after error, tend to think they are performing competently when they are not: 'In short, those who are incompetent, for lack of a better term, should have little insight into their incompetence—an assertion that has come to be known as the Dunning–Kruger effect' " - Wikipedia Life may be deemed a big joke ~ but is it a comedy where the Dunning-Kruger effect is most felt? Is The Tao a comedy? - Anand

Hi CloudHands, I trust it is quite natural to be/do thus as part of self development. You have what it takes to move on forward on the Taoist Path. To me such a path is less traveled. Thanks to you too for starting this thread and fellow Bums that have posted ~ for the opportunities to enable me to air my thoughts. A great weekend. - Anand

That's the thing, so much power and possibilities in that creation, myriad of lifeforms and treasures of ingenuity, (Because of ONE?) an effortless push emulate countless lives struggling (Wu-wei?) and the scene can stop in a fraction of seconds... while we still don't know if time counts ! this stage will shut down with the sun's last song (Life/death?) without answering why the wheat grows (Wheat is witless?) maybe the try is to reach for the next breathable astral ballet maybe we just consciences born to contemplate Poetry in motion...

Just take the sensible middle path for balance. The Tao only follows itself. Who/what/how ~ do human beings follow? "why is there something rather that nothing ?" ~ something/nothing/everything/anything... belong to ONE? "what's the purpose of life ?" ~ for living? Feeling over words?

Hi CloudHands, When I put quality over quantity, size does not matter. I am more inclined to associate philosophy/religion with wisdom ~ doing the necessary in relation to my needs. By and large, Life is to me a question without an answer. If silence/peace can be an answer ~ what question(s) will I ask? Too many questions ~ three 'hows'. Too much ~ other('s) answers. - Anand

Hi CloudHands, I will try and address this post with my Grandpa in mind. I have never thought of my being Grandpa's descendant as an accident but as a karmic progression with my Dad as intermediary. Since young I can feel my connection to Grandpa/Dad as energy but not as a concept. Up to now I still think of them both with my first chakra ~ the stirring at my perineum is very real to me. Almost second Nature... Despite the vicissitudes of living ~ I can always sense the "direction" of living forward. It helps ~ knowing/sensing that I have a firm root chakra. Not all at the same time, Yes ~ Grandpa, Dad and myself are not of "the same time", Spring flowers in autumn fade, Flowers fade in autumn for a rest but not to die ~ the next spring will come, Pushed to wax until it wanes. I only wax lyrical... - Anand