Cobie

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  1. [DDJ Meaning] Chapter 3

    I gather from this convo that “qi” / “chi” is ‘sexual arousal’?
  2. [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. : )
  3. ch 3 - a totalitarian dark place?

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

    Clearly not.
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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?
  8. What Would a Taoist World Look Like?

    Agreed. Thanks for elucidating. : )
  9. 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
  10. Hallo

    That sounds positive to me. : )
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. Hallo

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

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

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

    I agree. Which bit of the DDJ would illustrate best this revising of the text?
  17. Hello

    Very wuwei 無為 that. Welcome to the forum.
  18. translating

    That’s what I think too. : )
  19. translating

    That’s all the OP says.
  20. Everyone post some favorite quotes!

    What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so. (Mark Twain)
  21. Everyone post some favorite quotes!

    Love said you already have your own wings I will not give you more feathers (Rumi)