I am out to fight laws that interfere with doing nothing.
Anyone have any stories that describe how they were forced into doing something they didn't want to do (Vagrancy immediatly comes to mind).
Anyone have any stories that describe how they were forced into doing something they didn't want to do (Vagrancy immediatly comes to mind).
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Re: FIGHT THE POWER!
Thu, December 1, 2005 - 10:49 AMwei-wu...
often along the way I find myself forced to bend, bow and say I am sorry, this is how I strike the first blow. Then I attempt to continue on my way...e
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Re: FIGHT THE POWER!
Thu, December 1, 2005 - 11:49 PMWhile doing things I don't enjoy, what comes to mind is the opportunity to cultivate patience and tolerance. I'd rather yield than fight. -
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Fight the Power/Use the Force
Sat, December 3, 2005 - 9:31 AMI like the Taiji way myself. - or as Jesus has said "don't resist evil with force". To me this doesn't mean not resisting at all. It means resisting through non-doing. One would be contradicting oneself and causing needles harm by contending in order to create non-contention. I choose to lead by listening, following, adhereing, and emitting energy... all with little effort. I choose to act without striving - not to act would be a 'doing' as it would require a forceful suppression of natural impulse - overacting is a 'doing' as well.... I strive for the path in between.
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Re: Resist the Power/Align with the Force
Tue, December 13, 2005 - 1:46 AMThere is also the question of timing:
Who can remain still until the moment for action?
Who can wait quietly while the mud settles?
Observers of the Dao do not seek fulfillment.
Therefore, they are not swayed by a desire for change.
(DDJ, Gia Fufeng translation)
Here, too, it doesn't mean not acting. It means responding at the appropriate moment (and, implicitly, in an appropriate way). -
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Re: Resist the Power/Align with the Force
Tue, December 13, 2005 - 11:20 AMthanks for posting this...
a good reminder that the lotus rises from the mud ;-).
there's a double kick in the form of taijiquan (kuang ping yang) that i practice...it happens so fast, and then is gone so fast, that with practice, it produces not only the illusion that maybe it never happened at all to the spectator...but even to the practitioner!
the not seeking fulfillment came up on another discussion board i frequent...daoists aren't necessarily interested in leaving their 'mark' on the world.
this of course doesn't mean that they don't ;-).
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Re: FIGHT THE POWER!
Sat, December 3, 2005 - 2:45 PM"Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong."
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Re: FIGHT THE POWER!
Sun, December 4, 2005 - 6:14 PMi always liked the panda tshirts advertised in tai chi magazine with slogans such as:
steel wrapped in cotton
four ounces moves a thousand pounds
(then there was the pooped out panda shirt...)
i think the fluidity of the internal martial arts is what makes them such an important complement to the fighting, or wu shu, arts...to flow into oneself...
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