Cobie

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  1. Hello

    Hmm … guess I will wait a bit to see what that entails.
  2. Moral character of Qi

    Brainhalves?
  3. Hello

    I’m looking forward to reading your translations of DDJ chapters. Welcome to the forum. : )
  4. [DDJ Meaning] Chapter 3

    “[T]he electric incitement of Eros“  https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230106451_2?noAccess=true
  5. hello

    Welcome to the forum. : )
  6. [DDJ Meaning] Chapter 3

    Characters often have more than one meaning, depending on ‘context’. Imo the characters do support reading it as ‘advice to the reader’.
  7. [DDJ Meaning] Chapter 3

    I gather from this convo that “qi” / “chi” is ‘sexual arousal’?
  8. [DDJ Meaning] Chapter 3

    Empty your mind” as referring to me, the reader. A simple bit of advice from a self-help book. That’s how I read it. : )
  9. ch 3 - a totalitarian dark place?

    Is this not interfering with nature which would be rather un-daoist ?
  10. What Would a Taoist World Look Like?

    Clearly not.
  11. What Would a Taoist World Look Like?

    traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), system of medicine at least 23 centuries old https://www.britannica.com/science/traditional-Chinese-medicine Laozi 604 BC - 499 BC
  12. What Would a Taoist World Look Like?

    “… Laozi, and Zhang Daoling as well as Zhuangzi. … Although these three are credited with the creation of alchemy, there is no definitive proof to suggest … that they were responsible for its creation.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_alchemy
  13. What Would a Taoist World Look Like?

    Oh, I had thought TCM preceded Laozi. Do you mean TCM started with the developing of the ‘internal’ alchemy?
  14. What Would a Taoist World Look Like?

    Agreed. Thanks for elucidating. : )
  15. What Would a Taoist World Look Like?

    Religious persecution by “zealous Taoist” emperor Wuzong: “The religious persecution reached its height in the year 845 CE, ultimately confiscating the Buddhist temple properties, destroying 4,600 Buddhist temples and 40,000 shrines, and removing 260,500 monks and nuns from the monasteries.[9] Emperor Wuzong's reasons for doing so were not purely economic. A zealous Taoist, Wuzong considered Buddhism a foreign religion that was harmful to Chinese society.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Wuzong_of_Tang
  16. Hallo

    That sounds positive to me. : )
  17. What Would a Taoist World Look Like?

    Did Laozi endorse it ? Is it promoted anywhere in the DDJ ? I read somewhere it was TCM that started the poisoning of people, with putting cinnabar and lead in medicine.
  18. What Would a Taoist World Look Like?

    Taoism became the state religion under the reign of the emperor Xuanzong … still considered one of the most prosperous and stable in the history of China and the high point of the Tang Dynasty. https://www.worldhistory.org/Taoism/ In the early half of his reign he was a diligent and astute ruler. … his late reign ending in the An Lushan Rebellion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Xuanzong_of_Tang
  19. Hallo

    Sounds interesting, what is it? Welcome to the forum. : )
  20. A decade later...

    That resonates with me, same here. Welcome back to the forum. : )
  21. Hello

    In the ‘way of the water’. Nice one. Welcome to the forum. : )