Tao Talk was born a long time ago at deja news, then moved to yahoo. The individuals who posted there were people who were sick of the mayhem, trolls, etc. at the usenet group, alt.philosopy.taoism and wanted a quieter place to have conversations about taoism. As all things spring from the Mysterious Mother and all…
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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #91 — The Relativity of Things
In philosophical daoism, one of Zhuangzi’s continuing themes is the relativity of things, which examines, “this and that.” He talks about the definition of terms and how they can limit. By categorizing every thing into a this or a that, and even more confounding, to assign a judgment on it as to whether it is…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #76 — The Mysterious Mother
image link that will take you to info on the history of daoism Reena’s prompt for Exploration Challenge #76 was to choose between 3. Reena says: There are a range of words/phrases to choose from – this week. Disorientation Live forward, look backward You are made of stardust, and to stardust you will return If…
#d’Verse — Quadrille to Change
image link De Jackson is the host of d’Verse poet’s pub this evening. De’s prompt follows: The changing of the guards. Spare change. Positive change. Change your clothes. Change your attitude. Change your life. Changed. Changeability. Changing. You could even go a little creepy on us, and write about a changeling. Whatever you write, just…
Poetry Day 31 — One
Today’s prompt, the final one for OctWriPoMo2018, is Endless. The form I chose is cinquain. It’s been very satisfying writing a poem a day for this challenge. The picture with today’s poem is one I drew based upon a dream I had not long ago. One Endless life death cycle arising, setting sun, joy and…
Poetry Day 19 — “What do you want?”
Prompts, etc. for today’s OctWriPoMo include: “What do you want?” …your poem might address someone else… yourself … a thing, person, place, or something else entirely. One of the suggested forms is contrapuntal . “In the poetic world, contrapuntal poems are poems that intertwine two (or more) separate poems into a single composition–often by offering…
Tao Te Ching/Dao De Jing V 12
image link The five colors can blind, The five tones deafen, The five tastes cloy. The race, the hunt, can drive men mad And their booty leave them no peace. Therefore a sensible man Prefers the inner to the outer eye: He has his yes, – he has his no. –Witter Bynner rendition of Lao…
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