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Basic Taoism, the way of the trickster sage. Going the roundabout way to get what was inacessible via a direct route.
by barrenko 6y ago
Basic Taoism, the way of the trickster sage. Going the roundabout way to get what was inacessible via a direct route.
- halfnormalform 6y agoLaotze wasn’t really a trickster, that was Chuangtze. Mid-grade Taoism.
- lioeters 6y agoThe supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. It is content with the low places that people disdain. Thus it is like the tao. ... Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.