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Wed, Apr 11, 2012 06:46:19 AM
√ to grow or even to survive, i must open my mind √
posted: Wed, Apr 11, 2012 06:46:19 AM
and allow new ideas to be grafted onto MY LIFE.so as i get ready to hit the road and head on out, i really have to wonder if there is some sort of magic limit as to how open-minded i can be? after all, it seems lately, that i have been stuck in a rut in my acceptance and tolerance levels, which one may come to believe is the symptom of my mind snapping closed. or as i start to come out of it, just a commentary on the sad spiritual state i have \allowed myself to-lapse into.
anyhow, i could cheer lead, spout the party line or just go on about nothing, instead i will sign off with this parting shot. if i allow my mind to open today, who knows what wonderful things will transpire as a result.
anyhow, i could cheer lead, spout the party line or just go on about nothing, instead i will sign off with this parting shot. if i allow my mind to open today, who knows what wonderful things will transpire as a result.
∞ DT ∞
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These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
2) It is simply by being pained at (the thought of) having this disease
that we are preserved from it. The sage has not the disease. He knows
the pain that would be inseparable from it, and therefore he does
not have it.