--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Very nice, indeed, thanks. The conception of the Tao is so > perfectly elegant and Lao Tzu is such a lucid conveyer of it.
Yup. I like Lao-tzu, except for the "tantrum yoga" ending to his life. I always wanted to write a story about it, except that the audience for it would be so limited, in that not very many people would know the legend it's based on. That legend goes that towards the end of his life Lao- tzu grew depressed that no one was actually *learning* what he taught, and very publicly gave up teaching and swore to leave China forever. So he beat feet and walked out of China, but when he got to the border of (I think) Manchuria, he ran into a border guard who had heard of him, and the border guard refused to let him pass. Instead, according to the legend, he talked with him for several days, to try to convince him to leave *something* behind of his teachings, and as a result Lao-tzu wrote the Tao te Ching. My version of the story would involve all the conver- sations over beer of those few days, at the end of which Lao-tzu leaves *without* having written the Tao te Ching. So the guard writes it. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > > wrote: > > > > > > The ordinary man is personally concerned, he counts his > > > risks and chances, while the gnani remains aloof, sure > > > that all will happen as it must; and it does not matter > > > much what happens, for ultimately the return to balance > > > and harmony is inevitable. The heart of things is at peace. > > > > Nice. I always liked this gem from Lao-tzu: > > > > "A good traveler has no fixed plans > > and is not intent upon arriving." > > > > > > Road Trip Mind, in only 13 words.
