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    ? --> ? Thread

    "I've got a lot A lot of what I got And what i got is all mine" Lyrics from a song of a 1920's era musical as sung by Lillian Roth. I do not recall its name, but then again, it probably doesn't know me either.
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    Suggestions on a straightforward translation of Tao

    The picture of the "Three Vinegar Tasters," that has been so graciously posted by Seattlegal (thank you), appears to lack sufficient detail, at this resolution and with this screen size, for the casual observer to discern the fullness of the facial expressions of the three worthies illustrated...
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    Suggestions on a straightforward translation of Tao

    Concerning the query of the Original Post (OP) for A simple straight forward translation of the Tao has been provided, for myself at least, by Witter Bynner in the statement: "The Way to do is to be." As with many simply stated truths, such as "to thy own self be true," When they are closely...
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    The Reincarnated Amazing Pseudo-Haiku Thread

    bright eyes and fire flies illumine the meadow's dark wing-ed bats swoop down
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    U.S. Air Force Academy adapts to pagans, druids, witches and Wiccans

    With the wide variety of Heathen and Pagan groups, a one size fits all approach, while better than none at all, presents quite the task to the various and sundry Chaplains. There are pitfalls in that some individual sub sets may attempt to achieve supremacy. It is hoped that tolerance shall...
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    Newbie Pseudo -Haiku Thread :D

    welcome visitors aboard a most silly bus with five silly bulls
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    The Reincarnated Amazing Pseudo-Haiku Thread

    firing to cut costs reason lost in the details forests ablaze
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    This is not the thread you're looking for...move along...

    Does an Anglo Saxon Mead Hall fit in? ScienceDirect - Journal of Medieval History : The mead-hall community
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    Need to redecorate

    A bellowing Mammoth, perched upon a singular white marshmallow cube, teetering at its very edge, all adrift in the seemingly endless flow of hot chocolate in a dainty cup, but not a large one, decorated with icicles and snow cones placed in a lone corner of the room.
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    The Reincarnated Amazing Pseudo-Haiku Thread

    two tiny Tarzans in humid jungle steaming birds scream overhead
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    Happy Winter Solstice!

    Tea? Check Teapot? Check Snow 2melt 4water? check teacup? check snow plows on the prowl I'm hunkered in a bunker pseudo haiku done As the wheel turns so does this time of year thus it does bears repeating "Happy winter Solstice!"
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    Poet Tree

    10aug11 revdate 1dec11 A bit dark for me, but I had a most severe headache at the time... ----- I have heard of your boasts and your passion, as you sing in the new 'gangs-ta' fashion your songs instill fear but you're treated better than else wheres. Try to live that sweet life in Somalia...
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    Need to redecorate

    perhaps a polar bear holding a white dove in the midst of a swirling snow storm?
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    The Reincarnated Amazing Pseudo-Haiku Thread

    always on my mind filamentatious thread brushing hair from eyes
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    Suggestions on a straightforward translation of Tao

    Hrumph,:( I see your tortoise and raise it by a snail!:rolleyes:
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    Suggestions on a straightforward translation of Tao

    Greetings, A Cup of Tea. To my mind you have two of three titles that I believe will help to understand portions of the Tao. I would suggest a third, the I Ching. These three, when taken together, help to paint a more complete picture of of an otherwise incomplete puzzle. Without the further...
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    What is Taoism (Daoism)?

    Greetings sunwukong I would agree that the "objective" Western separation of humans and nature is much the greater part of the problem for Westerners to their understanding of the Way. Secondly, I would postulate that the concept of using intermediaries, common to the Western religions, is...
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    Tao Te Ching chapter 20 - empty mind

    Green! My clew is Variegated Green. I need only reach for my pouch to be very close to the clew Wearing my pouch I am clew less no more. TTC#70 "My words are very easy to understand." and very easy to practice." "Yet the world cannot understand them nor practice them." ...... So there still...
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    The Reincarnated Amazing Pseudo-Haiku Thread

    absorbing culture all resistance is futile assimilation
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    Suggestions on a straightforward translation of Tao

    Thank you for the favor of a reply Seattlegal. You may rest assured that I shall not reduce your portion of same. In fact you may have any strawberries that are inadvertently placed upon my plate near the hot tub. I Thank you also for posting the "Three Vinegar Tasters." It is a personal...
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