CloudHands

I found a pdf file of the encyclopedia of Taoism. I think many people could find it useful but I'll share it only if authorized... copyrighted. That's the start of the book's table.

It's more an Onra day for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inpKcke4hQU&feature=kp

I would have to listen a lot more this kind of music to enjoy it for real. You post a lot of these songs so it may be, I try at least

I don't know if it's really compassion or more related to the needs. In my experience lot of caring in the extended family is a poor habit because they don't have much else to rely on, so it's needed. I noticed that from migrant here too maybe with people from maghrebi in particular. Caring stops when family gets disintegrated. 3 years ago I have seen a Chinese documentary small budget confidential public. It was about a Chinese family in a small country town, the main fact was the death of one member of the family (grand mother I think) but the movie director's lived for a long time with them (it took a lot of time to be accepted as one of them). I remember that the family was the street, all the neighbors were caring and not only about death. I want to say that family unit there was much larger than blood and that something that the filmmaker (City Citizen Chinese, another Culture) emphasized. I link that to another movie I saw more recently, it gave homeless people in Paris opportunity of self expression "Au bord du monde" ("At the edge of the world" 2014). One of them said that humanity is going down because we keep looking for ease so we are losing the essence. This man was very true in all his saying. Well I guess topic is dilated like a country side Chinese family "Worst come to worst my people come first"

That was great.

I'm of course not talking about personal perception but sort of average understanding in taoist context. Do I need me to define more ? I have more interest in this question for the period of the early classics (-500 -300). I'm not asking an exegesis, except if you want/can do so. Nice avatar !

That's a great idea

We are cerebrally built as social animals, the biggest part of our brain works to make us socially valid, valuable and so accepted (languages, empathy, construction of selves, ...) I think that's how and why the "norm" became one of these false concepts, concepts that mean something only inside humans' code. When you got a hand, you look at every cards. However, that is a good principle to keep in mind if you want to break free ( :D ).

Maybe not Nobody have been targeted it's a general comment that may include myself at time. You have no idea how I can feel close to stuff I read here. Peace to us

That's it (to me) everything is unique, particular but nothing is special. Like Human is not the jewel of the creation among animal kingdom etc...

I did not write that in a bad way, I simply have difficulty with complacency (mine included) particularly when it comes more or less sneaky. I think we understand each other, I'm a more "everything is sacred" that "nothing is sacred" person. When I read TTB there is many people I would enjoy to meet. (and you did not answer about your challenge here, maybe you did not notice my question:)

Please, there is no normalcy only things happening. You like this thought because you are pleased to consider you as somebody special (a prince, a wizard, a paladin, a great warrior, a sifu, know what I mean ?) but nobody is special even if some do uncommon stuff -better question is why do many here like to think they are ?

Can't listen to it :s so sad...!

That sums up pretty well I think it's not a place to learn (even if there's obviously good tips), more a place to meet like community sharing with evidently good and bad sides.

- That everyone follows the Tao exception made for the "Taoist" that returns to the Source. It wasn't that clear in my mind. - Horse stance is very welcome when you go from TTB to TCC. - Improved my english.

Please, let us know

where does that come from ?