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Sun, Aug 29, 2004 11:14:02 AM
looking forward
posted: Sun, Aug 29, 2004 11:14:02 AM
it is a gift today that i have the ability to look to my future and no longer have to dwell in the past. i understand that this program is a day at a time thing, bit that does not mean that i cannot dream nor look to the man i want to become. although at this time in my life i am not sure who he will be, it is not necessary to continue my journey into the future. all i ghave to do is be present, nurture my recovery on a daily basis and let the process work.
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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.
Another Look!
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
2) What is meant by speaking thus of favour and disgrace? Disgrace
is being in a low position (after the enjoyment of favour). The getting
that (favour) leads to the apprehension (of losing it), and the losing
it leads to the fear of (still greater calamity):--this is what is
meant by saying that favour and disgrace would seem equally to be
feared. And what is meant by saying that honour and great calamity
are to be (similarly) regarded as personal conditions? What makes
me liable to great calamity is my having the body (which I call myself);
if I had not the body, what great calamity could come to me?