what is it?
runlikeana...@gmail.com
teach...any scriptures?
foo
<runlikeana...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> maybe it has been answered, but what is taoism? what does it
> teach...any scriptures?
>
we were hoping you would tell us
{:-])))
>maybe it has been answered, but what is taoism?
It can be most anything.
Usenet being what it used to be,
taoism can be a philosophy.
>what does it teach...any scriptures?
There are a couple\few
of what some used to take as seminal
or basic texts: Tao Te Ching, The Chuang-tzu.
Now-a-daze they're referred to as the Daodejing
or maybe Dao De Jing, and The Zhuangzi.
In terms of scripture
there's the Dao Zhang or Tao Tsang.
It's got around 1,120 volumes at present.
Taoism can be a religion of sorts.
As far as what it teaches, well, ymmv.
Ore maybe ommv (One's milage may vary).
-welcome to the grove
Craig
> run asked:
>
>> maybe it has been answered, but what is taoism?
>
> It can be most anything.
> Usenet being what it used to be,
> taoism can be a philosophy.
It can feed the joy of ism.
>
>> what does it teach...any scriptures?
>
> There are a couple\few
> of what some used to take as seminal
> or basic texts: Tao Te Ching, The Chuang-tzu.
> Now-a-daze they're referred to as the Daodejing
> or maybe Dao De Jing, and The Zhuangzi.
Get the book.
Read the book.
Explain your understanding to an evangelical republican.
Eventually one of you might understand.
>
> In terms of scripture
> there's the Dao Zhang or Tao Tsang.
> It's got around 1,120 volumes at present.
> Taoism can be a religion of sorts.
Hey! This crap server seems to be presenting my drive-by postings.
Prolly won't last long though.
My own current bad server presents Usenet - but it commonly presents a
few posts that might be week or two old.
OH well, - why you tell folks to read Tao stuff when they would prolly
do better reading some commie manifesto thing or some such?
>
> As far as what it teaches, well, ymmv.
> Ore maybe ommv (One's milage may vary).
Teachers taught me lot of stuff.
I am still working on sorting out what all was bullshit.
>
> -welcome to the grove
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Great.Can we call it the groove? it sounds really inviting
{:-])))
>{:-]))) wrote:
>> run asked:
>>
>>> maybe it has been answered, but what is taoism?
>>
>> It can be most anything.
>> As far as what it teaches, well, ymmv.
>> Ore maybe ommv (One's milage may vary).
>
> Teachers taught me lot of stuff.
> I am still working on sorting out what all was bullshit.
Tis Bin said, "Out of bullshit, shrooms may grow."
Omni once said, " ... ... ... "
>> -welcome to the grove
-passing bottomless
{:-])))
>{:-]))) wrote:
>> -welcome to the grove
>
>Great.Can we call it the groove?
Sure. Why knot?
Some may say the groove is dao.
> it sounds really inviting
mad hatters may move
down with clean cups
Keynes
<runlikeana...@gmail.com> wrote:
Oh rad. That's the bee's knees.
Craig
Since we have generally been friendly of sorts and I ain't said 'Hi'
for a while I guess I would say "Thanks, sorta old friend" ;-)
I've of recent got starts for couple sorts of bamboo. Not a grove yet
though. Since I have not been doing so well to keep weeds out of my lawn
I've been acquiring various tall things that I hope to shade and do away
with lawn altogether.
Speaking of groves - Is good to see that there is the pompous and
bitchy as always. Were it to come to folks all saying nice and 'yes' to
each other the place might dry up and blow away.
Maybe come September I will be able to afford to sign onto some sort of
server that has some dependable Usenet. As it has been for some time -
and even last couple days - I cannot depend on one post to the next that
might be published. - Hell, I dunno if I even managed a 'drive-by' in
the last year to inform some asshole that he be an asshole.
There is couple sorts in the world. Them who forget they are assholes
and them who never realized at all.
I have wondered what might become of the fungus under my toenails when
I finally die off in the coming years.
stumper
Try using Google Groups, moron.
http://groups.google.com/grphp?hl=en&tab=wg&q=
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~Stumper
foo
"Craig" <sun...@SPAMOFFlanset.com> wrote in message
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you could be nice person if you tried a little harder.
then maybe you wouldn't see assholes everywhere.
there are plenty of remedies on the internet for your
fungus problem, try searching for 'fungus under toenails'
http://www.penlac.com/about/whatis.jsp
(hope that helps)
Craig
It would seem that you are as stupid as your idiot butt buddy.
Read what I wrote and try mouthing the words between your carp-like
gulping for breaths.
Did I ask for a remedy, moron?
Was not my curiosity about what become of my parasites after I am dead,
you dolt?
Damn! Last I was around this place the village idiots were nowhere near
so stupid as the current batch.
stumper
So you have no idea how to control your moronic temper?
Have you tried laughing at yourself?
--
~Stumper
nemo
ultimate reality. Some will argue it is broken up into philosophical
Taoism, and Religious Taoism, and...some other Taoism. As an
explanation of Webster's definition it would have to be comprehensive
explanation. Anyway...as an individual, it potentially teaches you how
to maximize contentment in life, which from the religious aspect, is
the key to refining your soul.
noname
foo
"Craig" <sun...@SPAMOFFlanset.com> wrote in message
sorry, but it's not difficult to feel sorry for you ; (
perhaps a few deep breaths and some exercise might help
have you read the Tao Teh Ching?
here are some links,
http://terebess.hu/english/tao.html
(don't try to absorb it all at once)
and enjoy the grove!
8 )
runlikeana...@gmail.com
> server that has some dependable Usenet. As it has been for some time -
> and even last couple days - I cannot depend on one post to the next that
> might be published. - Hell, I dunno if I even managed a 'drive-by' in
> the last year to inform some asshole that he be an asshole.
> There is couple sorts in the world. Them who forget they are assholes
> and them who never realized at all.
Its a shame that these people you will never truly know, your too busy
calling them assholes and they are too busy thinking your an asshole.
do you know what empathy is? maybe they have reasons for being
assholes, acute cocaine addiction, HCC (hypercritical conservativus) or
they might bear grudges against lack of toe hygene
{:-])))
>"Craig" wrote:
>> Damn! Last I was around this place the village idiots were nowhere near so
>> stupid as the current batch.
Maybe this one is improving then!
Last times he was: "8 |" and "daywalker" too,
not to mention dogwalker. You may not
have noticed the roadtoad. Lots of handles
he has gone thru on his way while being here.
>(don't try to absorb it all at once)
>and enjoy the grove!
>8 )
Lots and lots of names
and faces have appeared
over and round the many ears.
{:-])))
I had forgotten what run originally asked. Thanks!
Here's a facet of Taoism some enjoy quite a bit.
'From The Chuang Tzu
The Secret of Caring for Life
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cook Ting was cutting up an ox for Lord Wen-hui.
At every touch of his hand, every heave of his
shoulder, every move of his feet, every thrust of
his knee-zip! zoop! He slithered the knife along
with a zing, and all was in perfect rhythm, as
though he were performing the dance of the
Mulberry Grove or keeping time to the Ching-shou
music.
"Ah, this is marvelous!" said Lord Wen-hui.
"Imagine skill reaching such heights!"
Cook Ting laid down his knife and replied, "What I
care about is the Way, which goes beyond skill.
When I first began cutting up oxen, all I could
see was the ox itself. After three years I no
longer saw the whole ox. And now-now I go at it by
spirit and don't look with my eyes, Perception and
understanding have come to a stop and spirit moves
where it wants. I go along with the natural
makeup, strike in the big hollows, guide the knife
through the big openings, and follow things as
they are. So I never touch the smallest ligament
or tendon, much less a main joint.
"A good cook changes his knife once a year-because
he cuts. A mediocre cook changes his knife once a
month-because he hacks. I've had this knife of
mine for nineteen years and I've cut up thousands
of oxen with it, and yet the blade is as good as
thought it had just come from the grindstone.
There are spaces between the joints, and the blade
of the knife has really no thickness into such
spaces, then there's plenty of room-more than
enough for the blade to play about in. That's why
after nineteen years the blade of my knife is
still as good as when it first came from the
grindstone."
"However, whenever I come to a complicated place,
I size up the difficulties, tell myself to watch
out and be careful, keep my eyes on what I'm
doing, work very slowly, and move the knife with
the greatest subtlety until-flop! the whole thing
comes apart like a clod of earth crumbling to the
ground. I stand there holding the knife and look
all around me, completely satisfied and reluctant
to move on, and then I wipe off the knife and put
it away."
"Excellent!" said Lord Wen-hui. "I have heard the
words of Cook Ting and learned how to care for
life!"'
foo
"{:-])))" <jay@....--- -- .> wrote in message
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good job officer
Craig
I did wonder if the multiple idiots was all the same moron or just two
out of three.
Took my mom to eye doctor this morning. Supposedly she is going to be
able to see just great when the cover comes off. In a few weeks they
will do the other eyeball. - After that I suppose she can read them
small instructions, on the back of stuff, to me.
Craig
Is English yer second language?
Feeling for or feeling with - WTF?
You do not have my sympathy for sake of your being an idiot by choice.
Busy? - Minor effort, asshole.
You must be one of the New Mexican Taosists and lacking in any sort of
hygene.
runlikeana...@gmail.com
> Is English yer second language?
> Feeling for or feeling with - WTF?
Yes, maybe they have their reasons for being assholes, that was the
point of my post.
> You do not have my sympathy for sake of your being an idiot by choice.
I didn't ask for your sympathy.
> Busy? - Minor effort, asshole.
> You must be one of the New Mexican Taosists and lacking in any sort of
> hygene.
"I have wondered what might become of the fungus under my toenails
when
I finally die off in the coming years. " Your one to speak of hygene
issues.
stumper
Cut it out, moron.
S/he is just a kid.
Your redneck remarks will not cover your insecurity.
What are you trying to hide?
Your criminal past?
--
~Stumper
foo
"Craig" <sun...@SPAMOFFlanset.com> wrote in message
lol
foo
"stumper" <stu...@newvessel.com> wrote in message
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psychos often have a thing with their mothers
http://www.horror-asylum.com/frameset.asp?page=http%3A//www.horror-asylum.com/psycho/norman/norman.asp
{:-])))
> Took my mom to eye doctor this morning. Supposedly she is going to be
>able to see just great when the cover comes off. In a few weeks they
>will do the other eyeball. - After that I suppose she can read them
>small instructions, on the back of stuff, to me.
I was surprised a few years ago
when the small print on a map index
could no longer be brought into focus.
It was very strange. Then one day I just
happened to take off my glasses.
Lo and behold, I could read it again!
The eye-dude said that's almost
inevitable after around age 40 or so.
Now I gotta take off the specs to read
every once in a while.
Thanks for the update.
I was wondering how your mom is doing.
Ever hear from Dana?
runlikeana...@gmail.com
> S/he is just a kid.
I'm a he.
> Your redneck remarks will not cover your insecurity.
> What are you trying to hide?
> Your criminal past?
is this addressed to me, or the one calling everyone assholes and has a
grudge against new mexican taoists?
stumper
Not you, of course.
Some people hear about Dao
and think they need to be rude and moronic.
That means they were rude and moronic
even before they heard about Dao.
We use the energy generated by them
to flush our bloated egos to the sea.
If you have one,
it's a good time to let go of it.
--
~Stumper
foo
why do people sign their messages,
is it not enough that the words fade away?
dao is great
life is great
all things come around
there is nothing that does not return
runlikeana...@gmail.com
its the clever assembly of three letters in the alphabet
foo
<runlikeana...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> My thoughts on the matter?
> its the clever assembly of three letters in the alphabet
>
you could say that.
but the teachings entreat one
to put away cleverness.
runlikeana...@gmail.com
> but the teachings entreat one
> to put away cleverness.
So it would be much wiser for me to just shut up and listen. ah i think
i get it.
stumper
Better yet, go out and play in the mud.
Have you read the storybook called Zhuangzi?
--
~Stumper
Craig
Yea - Dana has his ups and downs. He sent me a newish MB and a TV card
awhile back. - It is PIII board but never been installed. His back does
not let him sit up to computer for very long times.
Mom got the eye guard off this morning and they gave her a kit that she
looks like Ray Charles now. Guess she wear them goggle glasses for a
couple weeks when outdoors.
Seems damned outrageous that there is tiny bottle - $52+ bucks - that
had no instructions but what is on the bottle in tiny little letters
that I doubt that I could have read when my eyes was young. Had to use
strong reading glasses and then the little stronger magnifier on my
magnifying glass to see that it should be stored between 36 and 77 F.
When I forget my reading glasses I do the look through a pinhole in
paper or card thing. That still works. - Even making tiny peekhole
between thumb and crease in finger does the job. - Was not good enough
for that tiny bottle though.
runlikeana...@gmail.com
No, should i?
{:-])))
>stumper wrote:
>> Have you read the storybook called Zhuangzi?
>
>No, should i?
If you really wanted to know
what some people say Daoism is
then that might have been a place to start.
It's interesting to me
what gets people's attention
at times within time.