Buddy Posted August 7, 2006 Sincerity is the most important thing and once you can fake that... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lozen Posted August 7, 2006 Lowering ego is the most important thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeform Posted August 15, 2006 I reccon the most important thing is making everything/nothing the most important thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwoTrees Posted August 21, 2006 The most important thing is like a butterfly. Once it is caught it is dead. Bruce natually ... I love this answer !! I'd have to say ... the breath form. It is said to stem into unbelievable abilties in life and after ... I've known three people to say this with certainty ... lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wayfarer64 Posted September 3, 2006 natually ... I love this answer !! I'd have to say ... the breath form. It is said to stem into unbelievable abilties in life and after ... I've known three people to say this with certainty ... lol I like to think that each moment has its own most important thing for each living creature so that there is an endless web of most important things all inter-mingled and changing all the time...every instant there is a ball swishing through a hoop, a pure note hit on a blues-harp, a shared moment lasting eons for lovers in a cool bed, a rabbit safely down its' hole, or conversly a coyote with a hare in its jaws off to feed the pups...each most important thing changes once the moment is accomplished... the Tao of the moment is transcended and the next most important thing pops into being a trillion/zillion times a second... That makes just about everything the most important thing! So, Awareness of each moment's possibility for transcendent joy may qualify as my answer- but that's just my answer for now...And it doesn't seem that important already! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thaddeus Posted September 7, 2006 What is the most important thing? Still learning this..but to love god with all your heart, all your mind...then to love my neighbor the same way..cause ultimately it's the same.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
林愛偉 Posted November 29, 2006 Still learning this..but to love god with all your heart, all your mind...then to love my neighbor the same way..cause ultimately it's the same.. There is none. It is perception of what one has in mind which makes it to be anyhting one wishes. As with life. We make it to be something according to mind, and thus experience such and determine it is a point. A good question asked to me by my wife. She asked me ,"What is the reason for living? " Simply put, "Nothing. People assume there is some mysterious nature, or some great goal to accomplish, but there isn't. The mere thought of there being one is the cause for much suffering (another experience of mind)" There is mystery, because what is seen as mysterious is not readily seen by everyone. Peace, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sean Posted November 29, 2006 Perceiving to perceive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
林愛偉 Posted November 29, 2006 Perceiving to perceive. That's exactly what I had in mind while writing this post!.. hahahaha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sean Posted November 30, 2006 That's exactly what I had in mind while writing this post!.. hahahaha Awareness Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Posted November 30, 2006 A good question asked to me by my wife. She asked me ,"What is the reason for living? " Simply put, "Nothing. People assume there is some mysterious nature, or some great goal to accomplish, but there isn't. I'm not sure this profound and simple thread is the right place to make a nit-picking linguistic point, (but don't think that's going to stop me...) It's something that has bugged me for ages. I think "the" is a pernicious word. It always suggests there's only one option. Suppose you met a man who was about to jump off a bridge to his death, and he asked "can you tell me the purpose of life?" I'd have to say no. But If the same person asked "can you tell me a purpose of life?", I'd be able to think of many. I think, not that it will ever happen, that if we abandoned "the" we'd be a lot less dogmatic and convinced and certain. If every time we thought we had "the" answer, we realised we only had "an answer", wouldn't we be better, humbler beings? This is what comes of having saki with lunch. Happy thursday... . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mYTHmAKER Posted November 30, 2006 I think "the" is a pernicious word. It always suggests there's only one option. Suppose you met a man who was about to jump off a bridge to his death, and he asked "can you tell me the purpose of life?" I'd have to say no. But If the same person asked "can you tell me a purpose of life?", I'd be able to think of many. Most excellent. You should drink saki more often Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feahth Posted December 16, 2006 things are sincere but not serious Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
witch Posted January 1, 2007 Hm. This is a woman's answer, I suppose, and not Taoist, but I don't think there are things, so I don't see how they can be important. Only other people are important. All my tantric practice has been to improve my ability to connect with other people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xenolith Posted January 3, 2007 (edited) Edited January 6, 2007 by xenolith Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soaring crane Posted February 14, 2007 "the" most important thing doesn't exist (I had that formed before reading Ian's insightful post). The most important moment is right now. And that's about it. It's important to keep old threads alive, though, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yen Hui Posted February 15, 2007 The complete realization of Tao and harmony with the Great Way! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KnightoftheBlackRose Posted February 28, 2007 I have found myself asking this very question recently, if only I had know this topic was already here I never would have had to post mine as the initial paragraph of this post has answered me. I have found my answer and as a student of philosophy I can not believe that I didnt come to this conclusion sooner and with out reading it first. I thank you for your help and the answer... that the question is the important part not the answer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anette L Posted May 24, 2008 I think only our hearts know the most important thing, and it can be one thing this moment, and something entirely different the next. To be able to join the flow of life, where everything comes and goes perfectly natural, at the exactly right timing, THAT is a joy. I believe that the moments in life that I`ve experienced this, I`ve also had a "knowingness" feeling that instantly helps me sort out what`s important (right/truth), as if I re-remember things that is new to me in this life. My ultimate goal must be to live like this for every day of the rest of my life, but I keep falling out of it all the time... then there`s another climb ahead and... yay, goal again! lol Go with the flow folks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shontonga Posted May 25, 2008 Oh, How I've enjoyed reading all of your answers! Great. Thank you all for replying so i could see them a little clearer ! Shon Like this too! terrific quote Anette L. ! -------------------- "Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
awake0ness Posted June 26, 2008 There is no path. Refrain the senses. Refrain the mind. Truth remains. David 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
passer-by Posted July 22, 2008 There is none. It is perception of what one has in mind which makes it to be anyhting one wishes. As with life. We make it to be something according to mind, and thus experience such and determine it is a point. A good question asked to me by my wife. She asked me ,"What is the reason for living? " Simply put, "Nothing. People assume there is some mysterious nature, or some great goal to accomplish, but there isn't. The mere thought of there being one is the cause for much suffering (another experience of mind)" There is mystery, because what is seen as mysterious is not readily seen by everyone. Peace, I happen to agree here. I think that if we are to ask any question like this, we must first look at the role the Mind has in the problem. The mind is not our friend Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
