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Oh no, not the “Based on the Tao Te Ching” again. Righto, enough said. I better leave this thread.

(haven’t read the rest of the thread) Lol, this post, as always we get told all others were wrong (without explaining why) and get zero info on what this book actually says. Yawn, snore, bored to tears.

It does! (snake = penis)

Thank you.

Words change meaning over time. Words get used by different people for different things. The word “Hermetics”was first used for some Greek stuff, and later on also used for some Egyptian stuff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism

Yeah flip-flops. Summer!

Yes, I experience you as such on this forum. When I was young I practiced to achieve things but now I have reached an age that achieving anything is pointless as there is no time left to enjoy them. Seriously though, I totally agree with you, “practicing without concern for the fruits of practice” is the thing to do.

That’s exactly how I understand it.

Excellent, that’s the starting point. Only after that, one can choose to belief in something (my advice, pick something positive).

@Nungali in case you didn’t see otherwise please ignore this post

So there is, nice one.

= lucky cat (maneki-neko)

= Ganesha’s elephant trunk.

correct extraction. (imo) superficially very different; at the core the same truth.

That’s great.

Yes. That’s actually a pet peeve of mine, a church friend innocently had a Christmas decoration like this one https://www.beterleven.net/en/paper-christmas-star-60-cm-white-with-d-139150894.html

“often depicted in the shape of either a pentagram or a hexagram” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_Solomon

“… the legendary … Solomon's seal or signet … is first mentioned by the first-century Jewish historian Josephus” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_Solomon

@Daniel yantra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yantra

Do you have a picture? In China they have Fuxi and Nuwa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_in_Chinese_mythology

Yes, it was a dick-measuring contest.

time travelling, fair enough

a crushed penis https://aleteia.org/2020/09/08/why-is-mary-depicted-standing-on-a-snake

You’re welcome. #42, that’s from the Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/for-math-fans-a-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-number-42/

serpent = penis.