The last book on Planet Earth will be the first book, the one to be an idealized representation of what humans could and can be if they could clear their minds of the cloudiness of what is most frail and harmful about our species. When it is found or taken with humans, it can set…
Category: Zhuang Zi
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #117 — Was that really me? and dVerse soliloquy
Truth or just a dream? Passing in the night Was that really me? Things not as they seem Shifts twixt mad and fright Truth or just a dream? Altruism; schemed Followed dark and light Was that really me? Chaos taffy sweet Peace a drifting kite Truth or just a dream? Trust and love don’t meet…
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…
dVerse — quadrille — dragon — rising
image link De Jackson is the host of dVerse today for Quadrille Monday. De says: Just pen us a poem of precisely 44 words, not counting the title, and using some form of the word dragon. “Ancient Japanese lore describes Koi fish swimming up a massive waterfall called ‘The Dragon Gate.’ If they reach the…
Manson and The Lair of Song Mountain
image link Just last evening, after drinking A special blend of tea, Lifelike dreams visited. Twisting Chinese folklore To suit its needs, Came the following: ~ ~ ~ After half a century, a great scaly Kun, Who had been writhing in dark waters, sprouted wings, and transformed into Three-Headed Peng. Despised Trinity, It manifested abhorrent…
Happy Fishes
image link I’ve been a student of philosophical taoism/daoism for several years now. Two of the main texts studied are The Tao Te Ching/Dao De Jing and the Chuang Tzu/Zhuang Zi. The Dao De Jing (DDJ)’s main speaker is an old guy named Lao Tzu/Lao Zi, and the Zhuang Zi (ZZ)’s main character in the…
Tao Talk 