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hesitance won't stand then please have a seat for now your turn is quite near

star dust; straw dogs, all bar the garbage collector he throws them away

http://www.boredpanda.com/cave-carving-ra-paulette-new-mexico/

Exactly! POTENTIAL. Brian, thank you for agreeing.

returning home it was bare, nothing to steal frugality pays...

'Now' is mostly beyond words, i guess.. Cool..

Been thinking about this for a couple of days, and the only word, and a common one at that, which cropped up over and over is potential. Why? Simply because of the endlessness of possibilities tied to that one word.

If the mangoes wont come to you, you have to go to the mangoes...

Marblehead: Im thinking fresh mangoes are plentiful in Florida? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmCpNnnRqgE

You, typically, make some wild assumptions about my 'beliefs', which says a bit to confirm my opinion about your approach towards a solution for inner development. Ironically, i do share some of your views as to ways to heal the planet, for example, eradicating heavy dependency on meat consumption etc., but then again, anything which causes dependency will eventually fail anyways. Its not so much what is done or acted upon, rather, the motives kept in check that counts more. Reflecting on this actually brought up a recollection of scenes of less-than-peaceful exchanges during animal rights protests reported from time to time. That people who activate awareness to animal cruelty would resort to violent means in defence of their projected views is quite ironical. But not all are like that. I know a few vegans who are especially meek, docile and quiet. Guess your views indicate you could be one of the exceptional few who prefers to stand at the front lines of attention.

Reading some of the views you have presented, it does not appear that your diet choice has made any impact on your outlook about things in general, so no, i for one will not buy the above assertion that veganism alone is sufficiently wholesome for the spirit.

Contentment, as i understand, is a key virtue to aim for in Taoist cultivation. Peace and contentment are like bride and groom - often paired together, but sometimes they go their separate ways

be counted as one an obsolete abacus gathers dust on shelf

Letting attachments go and the void state are not necessarily linked together, but its easy for the mind to want to stitch everything together so that things appear to make sense when a more preferable attitude would be to see each principle on its own merit. For example, letting go of attachments - you can spend a few years just to investigate and really penetrate into the meaning of that, during which time all your energy and focus is simply directed to this one thought. Then one day you will fully understand what letting go of attachment really means. After you have gained this insight, then you can move on to understand what voidness really means. Spend another few years contemplating that to arrive at a doubtless, confident, experiential knowing what it is (to you). Then see if these two are linked or are they distinct, or maybe an admixture of each. Doing so means you are taking your questions out of the intellectual into the realm of personal experience, which is what sensible cultivation, in its most practical form, is about. This approach is recommended over and above the one that was presented in your OP because no matter what feedback you get, you will only grasp whatever is said to you on a conceptual level, which, truthfully, will not lead you too far. Moreover, what others say is only useful exclusively for their own path. Your own discoveries are essentially whats crucial for your own cultivation.

there was another just another anteater n'er mind, dont bother

thanks for the correction, Iain. deleting the past there, all done; no things remain, lets catergorize.

where will they take me? search the Tao Bums analects deleting the past

The Adornment of the Middle Way Rainbow Painting

step lightly. Big strides! marching to the sound of drums these boots do not move

in the depths of time a pressing need to iron creased thoughts, and trousers

In life, sometimes we get two flat tyres at once.

the dragon revealed gold-coloured, breath of fire manicure needed

surprisingly dumb he that pulls a buffalo going nowhere fast

woven in silk thread her grandmother's red cheongsam delightfully bright...

with salient breeze fortified with vitamins cobwebs blown away