LBDaoist Posted April 6, 2013 You are either cultivating life, or hastening death. Everything else is a distraction to obscure the one true reality. Discuss as you see fit. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chenping Posted April 6, 2013 I wish to discuss cultivating life, my life as a Chinaman stuck in this reality. I have no idea how and why this reality came to be with me stuck in it. Do you have any idea? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
voidisyinyang Posted April 6, 2013 I just repeat I as every thought is based on I and so I is the root and hold onto the root I and dig the root I deeper to found out its source. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chenping Posted April 6, 2013 Is that an English form of classical Chinese? How about some punctuation marks, please? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
三江源 Posted April 6, 2013 (edited) . Edited April 15, 2015 by 三江源 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai Mountain man Posted April 6, 2013 You are either cultivating life, or hastening death. At times, both. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChiDragon Posted April 6, 2013 Isn't the purpose of cultivating life is hastening death.....??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
effilang Posted April 6, 2013 Emptiness is the goal, Meditation is the method. The greatest method is no method, for it is essentially a straight path. In fact it is not even a path, it is the direct and practical manifestation of nothingness. In fact, it is not even a manifestation. It IS nothingness. In fact, it is not even NOTHINGNESS, it is that which lies beyond nothingness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai Mountain man Posted April 6, 2013 Isn't the purpose of cultivating life is hastening death.....??? A man shooting krokodil is hastening death but can you call that cultivating life? Emptiness is the goal, Meditation is the method. The greatest method is no method, for it is essentially a straight path. In fact it is not even a path, it is the direct and practical manifestation of nothingness. In fact, it is not even a manifestation. It IS nothingness. In fact, it is not even NOTHINGNESS, it is that which lies beyond nothingness. am confus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChiDragon Posted April 6, 2013 A man shooting krokodil is hastening death but can you call that cultivating life? oops....I lost my head when I said that. I didn't think of what the word meant...... I thought it was the word "hesitant". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai Mountain man Posted April 6, 2013 oops....I lost my head when I said that. I didn't think of what the word meant...... I thought it was the word "hesitant". Yeah, I thought it sounded a bit off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
voidisyinyang Posted April 6, 2013 that was nice. I read Ulysses in a cabin in the wilderness of Alaska just south of the steepest mountain in the world. A good trance read indeed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan Posted April 6, 2013 " The Ultimate Tao, In One Simple Statement""I Am." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chenping Posted April 7, 2013 Ulysses. A western soliloquy: stream of consciousness expression in a state of abandon with no regard for grammatical formalities of writing or personal censorship. The Tao Te Ching, on the other hand, is carefully crafted traditional classical Chinese thought expounding the Way unconnected with the decadent nature of human bestiality. If one can't see the difference, then its Pooh Bear seeking validation scarfing down kung pau chicken and pork fried rice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted April 7, 2013 I'll keep it simple, The Ultimate Tao .. is .. Yes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newTaoist Posted April 7, 2013 the ultimate Tao is the Tao. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taoflower Posted April 7, 2013 You are either cultivating life, or hastening death. Everything else is a distraction to obscure the one true reality. Discuss as you see fit. I take from this that life is choice , we can choose to partake in activities which cultivate life/Tao. Or we can choose to do things which are not in our best interest and thus bring death closer. By saying everything else is a distraction that obscures one true reality/Tao is showing us that our one and only true activity in this incarnation is to pursue the only reality which is the Tao. Everything else in life is just filler , if you will. Daily as Taoist we must make a strong effort to cultivate The Tao in our hearts and minds. Thus, we can achieve reunion... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lienshan Posted April 7, 2013 The Ultimate Tao, In One Simple Statement Discuss as you see fit. The Topmost Tao is greater than The Ultimate Tao Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gerard Posted April 7, 2013 (edited) . Edited August 22, 2013 by Gerard 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChiDragon Posted April 7, 2013 (edited) The Topmost Tao is greater than The Ultimate Tao How do you compare the Topmost and the Ultimate Tao; are there more than two Tao.....???? Edited April 7, 2013 by ChiDragon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan Posted April 7, 2013 (edited) There is no "I." Try to find it when you enter the "stream": You can't maybe not with the naked eye... but the parts are still there and in their own individual place! The Tao is the I, the parts are the We/us. it could be said, and without distinction: "We are." if you prefer. Edited April 7, 2013 by Northern Avid Judo Ant Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mo Tzu Posted April 7, 2013 The ultimate "tao" is its being what it is: It does not need do anything, and therefore everything gets done. xxx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawei Posted April 8, 2013 Dao is illusion-free. (ie: dualism is illusion or delusion of the mind) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChiDragon Posted April 8, 2013 What can be more ultimate than Tao....??? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawei Posted April 8, 2013 Tao is a limitation of the mind... Dao is part of the greater whole... This can't really be explained; well it can be but it is usually a useless discussions. It is either understood or not; and I don't mean understood in simply a physical meaning/emotion/logic. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
