The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth.
The named is the mother of ten thousand things.
--The Tao Te Ching
The sage knows when to hold to this and let go of that.
Humans are, at their essence, explainers. We want to understand our world and our lives. We want to explain things to ourselves and to others. It is this essential quality that has propelled us through the ages in science and art and social relations. In the end, our lives are spent answering the how's and why's of the Universe. This overwhelming task usually takes a lifetime as we are seduced into focusing on narrow fields of understanding and coming up with distinctions that, in the end, provide temporary comfort and satisfaction but do not prove TRUE. This blog is a place for those distinctions so that, like unknown terrors that paralyze us, their naming can render them ridiculous.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Two kinds of fetching dogs
One kind runs after the ball and brings it back in doggy hope you will throw it again. The other kind runs after the ball and keeps it in doggy fear you will throw the ball again. Which would you rather throw for? Think carefully...
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