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SilentPawn
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 Posted February 5th, 2007 09:47 IP   
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Peter_McWeeter wrote:
Dont panic!
Douglas Adams
It works on so many levels...
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I like that one. Funny but it contains a lot of care.
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mystic light
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Posted February 5th, 2007 10:29 IP
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What was (zennish)?
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"the tradegy of life is that its very nature has been forgotten."
Ed said it seemed like wei wu wei to him, I said it seemed zennish. Same difference perhaps. Just words, associations, pointing at the same moon. 
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IapetusOcean
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Posted February 5th, 2007 10:37 IP
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What you said seems like wei wu wei.
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Could be au wei too. :P
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Ed Akehurst
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Posted February 5th, 2007 14:27 IP
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mystic light wrote:
"the tradegy of life is that its very nature has been forgotten."
Ed said it seemed like wei wu wei to him, I said it seemed zennish. Same difference perhaps. Just words, associations, pointing at the same moon.
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A lot of Wei Wu Wei's writings are "zennish". One of his great works is entitled, "WHY LAZARUS LAUGHED: The Essential Doctrine, Zen--Advaita--Tantra" He writes a lot about Zen, but primarily to show the similarities in it with the other great non-dual philosophies.
They all really say the same thing: Tao, Zen, Advaita, Tantra, Sufism, Tantra, Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism. If we get rid of the "interpretations" and listen to the core of the message, they all tell us exactly the same thing.
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"Bye and Bye comes the Great Awakening, and we find that this life is really a great dream...Then we are embraced in Obliterating Unity. There is a perfect adaptation to whatever may happen - and so we complete our alotted span." - Chuang Tzu, ch.11 |
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mystic light
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Posted February 5th, 2007 14:52 IP
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Ed Akehurst wrote:
A lot of Wei Wu Wei's writings are "zennish". One of his great works is entitled, "WHY LAZARUS LAUGHED: The Essential Doctrine, Zen--Advaita--Tantra" He writes a lot about Zen, but primarily to show the similarities in it with the other great non-dual philosophies.
They all really say the same thing: Tao, Zen, Advaita, Tantra, Sufism, Tantra, Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism. If we get rid of the "interpretations" and listen to the core of the message, they all tell us exactly the same thing.
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I agree wholeheartedly!
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ev
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Posted February 5th, 2007 19:45 IP
The essence of the message in all the above mentioned by Ed, do seem to tell the same tale definately.
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mystic light
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Posted February 5th, 2007 22:09 IP
Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.
Edgar Allan Poe
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mystic light
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Posted February 5th, 2007 23:24 IP
Experience teaches only the teachable.
Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Barry LePatner
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ev
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Posted February 7th, 2007 16:01 IP
the notion of notions is just another notion.
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mystic light
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Posted February 7th, 2007 20:11 IP
LOL. NOt bad...((ev)) You'll be missed! Come back soon, k?
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mystic light
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Posted February 11th, 2007 19:32 IP
Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.
Heywood Broun
If there were no God, there would be no Atheists.
G. K. Chesterton
An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.
John Buchan
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IapetusOcean
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Posted February 11th, 2007 21:43 IP
We know absolutely nothing of the nature or essence of God: -- in order to comprehend what he is, we should have to be God ourselves.
Edgar Allan Poe
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L'enfer, ce n'est qu' un chemin de fer qui mène nulle part. |
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Pegasusrider
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Posted February 13th, 2007 02:40 IP
Innocence and wonder can be found again in the midst of bitterness and cynicism, and they have the surprising strength to push back the edge of night.
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bigyouth
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Posted February 13th, 2007 12:44 IP
For the love of god,man.Take pity on yourself!
Bob Dylan
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"love and you will be open
seek and you will find
wisdom is found in the simplist of places
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IapetusOcean
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Posted February 13th, 2007 23:29 IP
Happy Valentine's Day :heart:
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L'enfer, ce n'est qu' un chemin de fer qui mène nulle part. |
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Posted February 13th, 2007 23:33 IP
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If there were no God, there would be no Atheists.
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This quote^ made me think of this:
If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him
Mikhail Bakunin
As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
Mikhail Bakunin
In truth, there was only one Christian, and he died on the cross.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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mystic light
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Posted February 14th, 2007 20:11 IP
He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.
Chinese Proverb
I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.
Dave Barry
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
Sir Winston Churchill
Always speak the truth, but leave immediately after. 
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mystic light
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Posted February 17th, 2007 16:47 IP
Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.
Margaret Cho
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bigyouth
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Posted February 18th, 2007 01:36 IP
Don't Panic;PICNIC!
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"love and you will be open
seek and you will find
wisdom is found in the simplist of places
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ev
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Posted February 20th, 2007 15:01 IP
compassion doesn't seem to be an expression of self.
it seems to be more the expression of the nature of essence that is the manifestation of loving kindness in the stillness of the present moment.
Or what are our nature is when we remember to reside in stillness.
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mystic light
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Posted February 20th, 2007 22:47 IP
The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Eagle and the Arrow
If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
Moshe Dayan
Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
Saadi (1184 - 1291)
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ev
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Posted February 21st, 2007 11:32 IP
The secret surprise of nature is that it always surprises.
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ev
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Posted February 26th, 2007 13:10 IP
I find it humbling to think that all the energy that is life comes from the sun, and that plants manage to turn light into matter, which is something i don't think man can do as yet.
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mystic light
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Posted February 26th, 2007 14:14 IP
But maybe he could do it once, when he was still reincarnating as plants....and now lives of them. What do you think? 
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ev
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Posted February 27th, 2007 14:18 IP
It occured today that life is 99% animated salty water.
We are all an ocean.
(Edited by ev)
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mystic light
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Posted March 3rd, 2007 14:02 IP
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Elbert Hubbard
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Euripides
Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
Friedrich von Schiller
There are more fools in the world than there are people.
Heinrich Heine
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
Gustave Flaubert
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
Scott Adams
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Fools rush in where fools have been before.
(Edited by mystic light)
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mystic light
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Posted March 3rd, 2007 15:17 IP
Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.
Dave Barry
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Posted March 3rd, 2007 17:24 IP
All my friends suck. I hate them all. I need to find new friends...I'm going to get drunk to teach them all a lesson...ha
That's my thought of the day... :angry: :angry: :angry:
*Additional emoticon for further expression of anger and frustration: :beatingdeadhorse:
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mystic light
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Posted March 3rd, 2007 17:31 IP
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All my friends suck. I hate them all. I need to find new friends...I'm going to get drunk to teach them all a lesson...ha
That's my thought of the day... :angry: :angry: :angry:
*Additional emoticon for further expression of anger and frustration: :beatingdeadhorse:
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What's wrong ((Pete))? (...pssst...and don't forget: You might end up with a horrible hang-over....!)
Another thought of the day:
Live well. It is the greatest revenge.
The Talmud
The most elegant way to show an enemy the teeth is when you smile...
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mystic light
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Posted March 3rd, 2007 20:31 IP
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Love...*sigh*... Hope you'll feel fine soon!
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