Phi92
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I understood "Tao party" as a metaphor for not taking Daoism seriously and just wanting to vaguely explore the concepts. If that was a kindhearted comment, then I apologize
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I apologize if my questions offended anyone. I wanted to discuss some core concepts to see what other people mean. My intention was to learn and to discuss. I don't want to join the "Tao party", I want to gain knowledge about it beyond wikipedia or bad translations. I don't think I'm worthy of calling myself a Daoist since I don't know much yet, just the basics, but I'm hoping to learn. Thank you for your patience
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Are you calling me a "bad guy"?
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I would first like to understand every major concept of Taoism, then get involved more into practice. I'm here to ask and learn. Why do I want to get involved in Taoism and accept it as my path? Because I find it to be true and useful. I most certainly have a notion and basic knowledge about Daoism, I just want to clear things up and get a better understanding.
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I don't know yet, but I am eager to learn. Honestly, I'd love to learn more about the Chinese point of view. Unfortunatelly, there isn't much info avalible in my language and there are no groups of Daoists here. I'm sort of alone in my interest. I wan't to learn more about the concepts of Taoism and read more than one translation of the Tao Te Ching, Zhuang Zi and Lie Zi. I hope that "beginners" are welcome here. I don't see why they wouldn't be
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http://www.wussu.com/laotzu/laotzu42.html - Tao Te Ching, Chapter 42 I hope this helps
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wat?
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Thanks, this really clears things up! I originally thought that Wu Wei meant no planning or strategy at all, no long term plans or dreams and never forcing things. But now I realize that it just means acting naturally and harmoniously to achieve such plans and accepting strain and hard work if you think it's a good thing and it's worth it. Is that what you meant? --- @ Cat - I don't really understand what you are asking
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But what constitutes the "nature of things" in an action? For instance, strategic planning about how to achieve a goal, be it for learning or entrepreneurship or anything else?
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But what is the "nature of things" ?
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So careful planning is not okay based on Wu Wei? I always thought that planning was okay, as long as it's not against your will.
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I was a strong anti-theist/atheist and that satisfied me for a moment. However, while I rationally thought that atheism is the answer, my "intuition" or feeling just said "no." Therefore, I wanted to add an intuitive, spiritual aspect to my life, against the odds of reason. Then, one day, I meditated and felt energy over my body and mostly in my finger tips. I tried to disprove it as blood circulation or other things, but I don't really have a good empirical explanation. And why Daoism? Well, it's very simple, logical, not against science and it's very personal. It also seems as the most accurate representation of the metaphysical principle. Also, I love Chinese culture, martial arts, tea, philosophy... everything? Another point is that the Greek philosopher Heraclitus got me interested in philosophy. Coincidentally, Daoism is simmilar to Heraclitus's philosophy, it's just a bit more developed and more structured. That's my story
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Hello everyone, I'm a 20 year old student of philosophy from Croatia! Through my girlfriend and personal research, I got interested in Daoism. Alas, I'm not yet ready to call myself a daoist because I'm new to this and don't know much. I'm here to learn more and more My main interests in life are: philosophy, sinology, anthropology, photography, music, writing, martial arts, spirituality, daoism and healthy living. I hope that I'm welcome here
