| Re: taoism and gnostic exegetical acrobatics |
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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: ShrikebackShrikeback Date: Aug 20, 2008 08:46
On Aug 20, 7:44Â am, "Tom" comcast.net> wrote:>> On Aug 19, 3:21 pm, "Tom" comcast.net> wrote:>>> mail.com> wrote in message>
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>>>>the tao is not a prayer
>>>>the tao is not a god
>>>>the tao is not the way
>>>>tao leads you to the tai
>>>>do you practice tai chi?
>>>>i have a wii
>>>>i don't need peace
>>>>i want a first person shooter
>>>>and a kung fu game
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>>> Atta boy. Keep making noise. It'll help distract you from the awful
>>> silence that lurks just beyond your voice. For a while, at least.
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>> You need no distraction from the silence that lurks.
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> True enough. Â However, what a person really needs may be quite different
> from what a person thinks he needs.
True enough. However, what a person needs may
be inexpressible in Usenet posts.
>> Just try to listen to it attentively for any length of time.
>> Maybe the path to the silence is through the noise.
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> Of course it is. Â That's why I offered him my encouragement.
I thought that was irony. But maybe the path to
encouragement is through irony.
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