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ฮด sometimes my readiness to have my character defects removed depends on what i call them ฮด

Posted: Fri, Dec 8, 2006 11:40:46 AM

and since i like to spin things and purposely misname things to soften the blow to my ever so fragile ego. so i really understand the whole process of using language to deceive myself, and that is exactly what this is! lies to myself to keep me sick and sicker. i could wax poetic about people pleasing, or being easygoing, but i have done that before. what i really am thinking about today are the terms rationalization and justification. these hundred dollar words sound oh so sophisticated and soften the blow of what they are. lies to myself to remove the feelings of guilt over behavior that i know is wrong. if the behavior was not wrong, what need would i have to justify or rationalize it. well not much more to say, it has been quite a morning and promises to be the same way all day long!

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Tao Te Ching

☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯

The Tao Teh King, or The Tao and Its Characteristics
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge

Book 1

2) The unwrought material, when divided and distributed, forms vessels.
The sage, when employed, becomes the Head of all the Officers (of
government); and in his greatest regulations he employs no violent
measures.