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[nicholasandriani]

Hey, your Dao is showing... @nelsonatkins curation, in point as usual. “To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” #Laotzi (at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6mLoWOpPu6/?igshid=1ccr2yraj0tay

[thelatterprocedure-blog]

Morning Memo for Thursday, September 1st, 2016

#MorningMemo for Thursday, September 1st feat. #philosophy, #politics, and #nerd stuff #motd #wordshavepower #TrumpCycle #Westworld

TLP’s Morning Memo is brought to you by all the circumstances that leave me with not enough time to write full length essays about these topics. Enjoy.

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Morning Memo for Thursday, September 1st, 2016

All (okay, some of) the things in my mind I wish I had time to blog about today. Some of these things may get a full post later, but most will not. As always, many more links can be had by…

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[fuzzymarvelblanket]

As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insoluble: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again. But this unworded lesson, This easy example, Is lost upon men.

-Laotzi, Dao De Jing

[beyond-the-wall-of-sleep]

Daodejing Chapter 1

The path that can be traveled is not the constant path. The name that can be named is not the constant name. As not having a name, it is the beginning of heaven and earth. As having a name, it is the mother of the myriad things. By always being desireless you will be able to see the hidden meanings. By always having desire you will be able to see the boundaries. These two sides produce the same yet are named differently. Together they are called a mystery. Mystery going into mystery Is the door to the many hidden meanings.

[fxshiondrugz]

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Laotzi

[surpassingstar]

Warum ich die Moral verurteile? Da ist zunächst ihr formales Prinzip. Die Moral befiehlt. Sie kennt kein Sollen. Sie will Gesetze und Maßstäbe. Aber durch Gesetze und Maßstäbe wird gerade das Gegenteil von dem erreicht, was man will. Je mehr die Gesetze prangen, je lästiger das Sollen sich breit macht, desto mehr gibt es Diebe und Räuber; denn es ist ein Gesetz der Menschennatur, jedem Zwang zu widerstreben. Und der moralische Zwang ist der schlimmste. Darum ist die Moral das Dürftigste und Äußerlichste von allem, was den Menschen als Motiv vorgehalten wird. Sie kämpft mit stumpfem Schwert und bewirkt das Gegenteil von dem, was sie will. Da hilft es dann nichts, daß man mit den Armen fuchtelt und die Menschen herbeizerren will. Es fehlt ihr die Grazie der Selbstverständlichkeit. Laotse, (6. oder 4. - 3. Jh. v. Chr.)

[worldofmoods]

The way you can go isn't the real way. The name you can say isn't the real name. Heaven and earth begin in the unnamed: name's the mother of the ten thousand things. So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants. Two things, one origin, but different in name, whose identity is mystery. Mystery of all mysteries! The door to the hidden.

Laotzi - Tao Te Ching