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Chapter of the Week: #79 [Archive]
Gorillaz are a bit too over produced for me. I don't mind studio editing etc. but I think they use it a bit too much that it takes over a bit... sorry... am not being too articulate today... long week.
If you're interested in classical music, start with the stuff that has always been really popular etc. and if you find a tune you like, look at some of that particular composer's other works. I'd suggest the more rousing tunes, but that's what I like... so, tchaikovsky, strauss is really fun as long as you like waltzes, beethoven, chopin, most things (most) by the more famous composers are pretty good... which is why they're so famous. Mozart is good if you like more... intricate, delicate music... as is Haydn etc. Don't start with Opera, it's hard work.
As far as aussie music I listen to goes, I like Darren Hanlon, Missy Higgins, Sarah Blasko, The Whitlams (though gets a bit navel gazing), Magic Dirt, Injettison, Dappled Cities Fly... too many to list.
I also like old school french music, like Edith Piaff etc. but some people can't stand her... so...
If you're interested in classical music, start with the stuff that has always been really popular etc. and if you find a tune you like, look at some of that particular composer's other works. I'd suggest the more rousing tunes, but that's what I like... so, tchaikovsky, strauss is really fun as long as you like waltzes, beethoven, chopin, most things (most) by the more famous composers are pretty good... which is why they're so famous. Mozart is good if you like more... intricate, delicate music... as is Haydn etc. Don't start with Opera, it's hard work.
As far as aussie music I listen to goes, I like Darren Hanlon, Missy Higgins, Sarah Blasko, The Whitlams (though gets a bit navel gazing), Magic Dirt, Injettison, Dappled Cities Fly... too many to list.
I also like old school french music, like Edith Piaff etc. but some people can't stand her... so...
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Note: The Tao Te Ching can be obscure, especially if you think you're supposed to understand what it's saying! We find it easier and more instructive to simply contemplate how the chapter resonates with your personal experience. Becoming more aware at this fundamental level simplifies life. This approach conforms to the view that true knowing lies within ourselves. Thus, when a passage in the scripture resonates, you've found your inner truth. The same applies for when it evokes a question; questions are the grist for self realization.
Chapter 79
When peace is made between great enemies,
Some enmity is bound to remain undispelled.
How can this be considered perfect?
Therefore the sage take the left-hand tally, but exacts no payment from the people.
The man of virtue takes charge of the tally;
The man of no virtue takes charge of exaction.
It is the way of heaven to show no favouritism.
It is for ever on the side of the good man.
Accepting, at some level, that my problems or questions are bound to remain un-dispelled makes life so much easier. We waste an awful lot of emotional energy expecting perfection, don't we? In fact, I notice that every problem solved and every question answered creates another in its place. This always felt like going around in circles, until I realized through correlations that 'the problem' and 'the question' were constant realities... 'the solution' and 'the answer' were passing fantasies. This probably seems like a depressing view, but actually it is quite liberating. I don't feel I need to [chref=8]contend[/chref] as much. [chref=33]Contentment [/chref] comes easier for I don't expect perfect solutions. But, interestingly enough, I still do the best I can - maybe better, for I no longer waste as much emotional energy on expecting perfection.
I can take the tally but exact no payment only when I feel inner integrity - whole. I can't increase or decrease this virtue. It increases naturally with [chref=51]maturity[/chref]. Whew, hot dog :!: Attaining virtue, life's treasure, is out of my control. By not struggling to [chref=38] keep to virtue[/chref], virtue comes [chref=17]naturally[/chref].
It is the way of heaven to show no favoritism parallels my view that there is no 'good' or 'bad, 'beautiful' or 'ugly' in nature. These are obviously human creations, yet we appear to have great difficulty [chref=2]recognizing[/chref] them as such. That's not to say I believe I shouldn't have any favorites. I like chocolate more than vanilla. We all have our personal likes and dislikes which is natural - I mean ants like sweet more than sour. Why, however, do we [chref=9]fill it to the brim[/chref], projecting our favorites as 'good' and another's as somehow wrong or 'bad'? Ah, such is humanity's social nature, I suppose. And, that's okey too... if only we could see that we do this, we might [chref=44]know when to stop[/chref] in time. Of course, if we actually knew how arbitrary it all is, is wouldn't serve our social needs sufficiently. I guess that's ironic.
What's this about heaven being for ever on the side of the good man? Especially if, on the other hand, we see that [chref=2]the whole world recognizes the good as the good, yet this is only the bad.[/chref] That's interesting to ponder, eh?