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Expand for more options.Come, take a break from all this strenuous philosophicalizing, and hang out in the CenterTao Lounge!
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Expand for more options.The Tao Te Ching (the core Taoist scripture) invites you to contemplate your innermost sense of reality. It doesn't tell you what to do or think, but rather stimulates you to think and reflect.
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Expand for more options.Chapter two observes how "the good is only the bad", "the beautiful is only the ugly" and "something and nothing produce each other". Does that make sense? The practical techniques introduced here help you make that perceptual leap.
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Expand for more options.If that doesn't put everyone here on a level playing field, nothing will! Also, ignorance is no excuse for keeping silent. It certainly never stopped me!
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Expand for more options.A Taoist world view can feel pretty ephemeral at times. Buddha nailed the cause of life's trials and tribulations, and how to deal with it. These truths can help ground you, if you find them true for you. Read and ponder them a while...
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Expand for more options.We can improve our chances of seeing what makes us tick by considering human characteristics as symptoms of underlying causes. Naturally, such causes are likewise the result of yet deeper causes right on down to...?????
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Expand for more options.These methods give you an opportunity to integrate mind, breath and body in the 'flowing moment'. It can be easier to notice awareness 'leave the moment' when you are doing them sincerely, compared with daily activities. Conscientious long term practice appears to increase such watchfulness.