Published on Monday, June 29, 2009 by Karl
Here begins Tao Satudays! Every week I will post a verse from the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (Stephen Mitchell translation) along with the way I like to interpret the text.
Lets begin..
Verse 1.
The tao that can be told
is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named
is not the eternal Name.
The unnameable is the eternally real.
Naming is the origin
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Published on Monday, June 29, 2009 by Karl
Listening to Peter Joseph's webcast this week. I really wanted to talk a little bit about the role of TV as a mental conditioning tool in today's society.
Human beings (and more specifically one's personality) is/are a summation of all your sensory input. On a basic level, your 'free will' is only as free as the opportunities presented to you, or as your current le... Read More »
Published on Monday, June 29, 2009 by Karl
The idea of a divine creator bothers me because it creates an infinite loop; who created the creator's creator's creator.. and it goes on and on and on.
I am not talking about the creator of man, I am quite open to the idea that our existence on this planet was influenced or orchestrated in some way. I'm talking about the creator of all existence, space and time.
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