Not just five....

[wolven7]

Just when you thought you were going to have a quiet day, WOLVEN, people may gather you into unexpected group discussions. This will actually be a good day to connect with your community, perhaps in your church or parenting group. You'll find that you share common ground with people and would like to work to achieve many of the same goals. You'll feel good making connections and sharing from the heart.

KMFDM - [Godlike]--- Two and Five. Water and Void. Flowing around the rocks, and with the stream, to use more Taoist metaphors.

A parable, for pragmatic Taoism:

'Chuang-Tze tells a story about Confucius walking along the Gorge of Lu where a great waterfall plunges for thousands of feet. The waters churn below. He and his students saw a man leap from the top into the foaming river below. They thought the man must be committing suicide, and Confucius’ students hurried to the river’s edge. When they arrived, the man was standing, shaking off the water, and beginning to sing. Confucius approached the man and asked him, "How did you manage to swim through such dangerous waters?"

'The man answered, "I have no particular method of swimming, except that when I am in the water, I do not fight the water’s superior power. I float with it and sink with it instead of trying to force my way through it. I started my learning with what was given to me at birth, continued with what was natural for me to do, and completed by trusting what was meant to be."

'Non-ado, no action, wu-wei. It means following the natural course of things and trusting what was meant to be. Wu-wei.'

MC Paul Barman - [MC Fibonacci Sequence]--- That's from the Tao of Pooh. Later kids.

Comments

[fire-furae.livejournal.com]

we recently and, tragically, briefly studied Taoism in my Worlds Religions class. It was interesting it hear it that way. Now we are looking at Buddhism.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Taoism has always seemed Almost, to me... But, like everything else, i was going to have to embrace it, sooner or later...

I hope you enjoy the many nuances of Buddhism. It is a very intricate philosophy.

[fire-furae.livejournal.com]

The teacher, though a very nice man, manages to be a crazy, bible thumping, hardcore christan (though he tries to not let that come through in class, it is hard for me to miss); so I fear that those nuances you speak of will be lost.

[unknownbinaries.livejournal.com]

Where do you get the numbers for these layers/rings you speak of?...What system is that?

And that's...a good place to be, love. It's still and embryonic and quiet. You're going through a lot right now; it'll help you deal.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

How unfortunate...

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Mushashi's A Book of Five Rings.

1)Ground, 2)Water, 3)Fire, 4)Air, 5) Void.