zerostao

life and death is dualistic, the one is existence. Tao gave birth to existence. integrity, authenticity, and sincerity --to be an authentic sincere integrity-- will be indifferent and not concerned with labels. they are certainly not self congratulatory, they do not aggrandize. they are not narcissitic. they just are what they are. your cat is likely sincere, authentic, and has integrity of a cat. it probably does not over think simple labels. or try to ascribe anything relating to them. why would you think the default setting for any label incurs a negative judgement? (fwiw. i am not a shamanistic Taoist.)

the redirect is for the OP how do you get that integrity and sincerity are self congratulatory? from my pov, integrity, authentic, and sincerity are aligned with truth.

i am wrong about Te? or about how subjectivity almost always trumps objectivity? please continue http://thetaobums.com/topic/18839-unity/

Te is integrity, it is a virtue of the highest, Te is a power of the highest. Te is sincerity, highest sincerity, probably a coincidence that sincerity contains t and e. contains sin too, haha Te is also authentic, there is that t and e again,, "So the reader is left with a choice , smart funny pleasant and completely wrong , VS , smart dry difficult and actually correct." I am glad I don't limit myself to such a narrow choice. (even if they are both 'smart' choices) I never claimed to be smart, I will opt for another choice>>subjectivity (in nature)

welcome enelia

i hope you are wrong. cat is one cool tao bum

vmarco

where is songsofdistantearth? i am lighting a candle for all bums that are away these days

bad week for gators

starjumper, the one at the bottom of the OP with all those teeth. like i mentioned when he visited he wasnt showing the teeth. he is not the only dragon visitor i have ever had tho.

i havnt seen any dragons for a bit but i know they are still around. the darker one you posted i have met a very similar one. (without the teeth tho, or at least he wasnt showing teeth) last couple of nights i have been visited by a pair of bears(standing upright)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilajit

one learns qigong by doing qigong. it is thru the experience of doing qigong that one learns its attributes.

certainly not a favorite quote of mine but one to think about

the scheduling of events is being discussed now. Virginia, California, London, France, and Serbia are in the conversation. locations are not listed in any particular order.

who is in the catbird's seat? "in the catbird's seat" has always been a curious idiomatic little saying. 'in the hawk's seat' or 'in the eagle's seat' or 'in the owl's seat' or any other bird? why the catbird?

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gray_Jay/lifehistory I had been curious about mh's gray jay. florida seemed like a strange place for one to show up at, but florida is a strange place indeed, and many that are naturally out of place there , still find their way there. cat bird makes more sense.

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watching the birds first attempt at flight,,,,,,,

breakfast of champions

http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Qigong-Stephen-Comee/dp/0804817219 looks like the starting price is a penny and this book is definitely worth every cent

we should consult the I Ching before coming to any mod decisions,,,,

http://news.yahoo.com/government-drops-plan-collect-license-tag-data-015648479--politics.html