EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE TAO WORKS RIGHT FUCKING NOW
>>218629454This is like the least Daoist post I've ever seen.
>>218629467if you know something about the tao and you are not helping others on their journey to understand it you are part of the problem. fuck off
>>218629467>>218629491>>218629502Once upon a time in Carcassonne, there was a formidable ruler named Count Loui. Born to unknown parents in 1040, Loui was a talented steward who had no name or lineage. Despite his humble beginnings, he had a gift for governance that couldn't be ignored. After serving as a steward to the Duke of Toulouse in his youth, the Count was granted the coveted county of Carcassonne in exchange for his sterling services.Loui soon met and fell in love with a landless albino noblewoman from Sweden. Despite being from different worlds, they shToulouse. Unable to stand aside and remain neutral, Loui joined the rebellion. Despite not wanting any trouble, his actions helped to depose the Duke. He was honored to become the Chancellor for the newly appointed Duke of Toulouse.Things took a turn for the worse when the Count's wife fell gravely ill with pneumonia and passed away. Though he vowed to remain single for a while, he eventually realized that his children needed a mother. In due time, he met and fell in love with a commoner from Poland named Zofia. He learned to speak her language and did everything he could to make her feel at home.As Count Loui was expanding his rule,ne war, he surrendered without any resistance, believing that the 2000 strong army descending upon him were mercenaries hired by his enemy. Unfortunately, they were really coming to fight his liege, and Loui's surrender led to his sacking. Desperate to recover losses from the war, he discovered a scheme to make unimportant noble titles and sell them to commoners hoping to climb up the social ladder.Count Loui was thoroughly committed to his hustle and regularly expanded his territories, which he found to be an irresistible source of gold. However, old age caught up with him in the middle of another expansion war, and he passed away.
>>218629488You need to like not resist stuff. Screaming and being angry is the opposite of that.
>>218629454The Tao that can be spoken of is not the real Tao.
>>218629528alright "buddy" that's the first fucking thing everybody learns about Tao What's the next thing. What's next.
>you can't talk about it so uh It doesn't exist then right? If you cannot empirically observe or understand it then what is it
>>218629555It's like a vibe you feel.
>>218629454I can't explain it to you because 道可道非常道
>>218629536You push hard, you get pushed back hard. You pull softly and you get pulled back softly.
>>218629454I thought the whole point of the Tao was not working
>>218629536 1. Zhuāngzǐ 庄子 and Huìzǐ 惠子 were strolling on a bridge over the River Háo 濠.2. Zhuāngzǐ said: "The fish are out swimming about. That is the 'Joy of Fish.'"3. Huìzǐ replied: "You are not a fish; from what do you know the joy of fish?"4. Zhuāngzǐ said: "You are not I; from what do you know whether I know the joy of fish?"5. Huìzǐ reposted: "I am not you, and so I can't know. It follows that since you are not a fish, you can't know the joy of fish. So there!"6. Zhuāngzǐ answered him: "The thing is, when you asked, 'From what can you know the joy of fish?' you already knew that I knew this in order to ask me what I knew it from. I knew it from the bridge over the River Háo!"
>>218629628Well I already do that so I can't not work more
>>218629629Huizi sounds like a jerk
>>218629679Zhuāngzǐ sounds like a jerk
It's probably just a feeling of oneness or something
>>218629629chinese people read this and it changes their life
>>218629645>I can't not work moreonly because you don't yet understand Tao
Is the Tao the same concept as "the egg" in Andy Weir's short story??https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fcK_fRYaIor is it similar to Indra's net in hinduism? are they the same? this "fabric" of conscious reality that binds us all?
Tao is not for you, that meaning the person and identity you think you are. That thing won't get relief, status or happiness from Tao.Tao can't be named or described, touched or conceived. When you're ready to die, Tao will fill your essence.
in all seriousness - this type of religious nonsense is incredibly stupid and doesn't actually help anyone develop spiritually
>>218629816How do you explain its success?
Basically there are currents of energy flowing around the universe and taoism teaches you to transform your body in order to better absorb/attract these currents and hold onto the energy you have which leads you to live a longer life
>>218629816and the Pope wears that big hat
>>218629555You have eyes but cannot see Moun5 Tai.
>>218629454you cannot understand it if you weren't born for it
>>218629454>>218629752No, the Tao is actually the thing behind nature. Because the ancient Chinese were very retard, they didn't know why they existed, why time moves forward, why water flows, or why stars are in the sky. They felt that there must be something behind these things driving them, but they didn't know what it was called, so they called it Tao.You can think of Tao as some kind of natural mechanism. Or as an impersonal god; it's all the same.
>>218629966Do you know why you exist?Do you know why time moves forward? Why are you acting like this is just simple stuff they don't understand lmao
>>218629784Thisit is for the after
>Ancient chinese were retarded for trying to find out why things work instead of blaming it all on sky daddy
>>218629454be like water, nigga
>>218629989I don't know why I exist, which is why modern Chinese people haven't changed the name of the Dao, because we still don't know what the Dao truly is.I think it would be more reasonable for everything to cease to exist. But I don't know why I exist.
The formal definition is ”non resistance”.But you can’t really rationalize flow, you have to feel it, vibe with it
>>218629454you have too much yang, need more of the yin
>>218629454>>218629467>>218629488Dude just cultivate your chi lol
Are there animals that fight until their last breath by their nature? Are there animals that lay down and die without fighting? Which one is "resistance"?
>>218629454I was big into Taosim untill i found Christ. Without solid doctine Taoism erodes into superstition and degeneracy, like it is now in China. Also you need to define le good to be le good because "good" exists, which comes from god, which Taoists deny. Still more close to the TRVTH of Christ than 99% of the garbage out there (ehich is not very close but closer)
>>218630051Basically Laotzu was the first to see the beauty of ultrafemme bussy
>We should be skeptical of language, but not to the point where we think all words are meaningless. >We should maintain an attitude of fallibilism, but not to the point of thinking there is no such thing as truth. >We should be non-anthropocentric, but not to the point where human life is considered unimportant. >We should unlearn, but not to the point where we do not relearn things with critical thinking. >We should practice introspection, but not to the point where we cannot support ourselves or contribute to society. >We should aim for non-contrivance, but not to the point where we cannot muster a contrived smile for a coworker we dislike. >We should be flexible, but not spineless. >We should aim for a simple life, but without shrinking from all technology (or complexity). >We should be content with our lives, but not to the point where we don’t care about improving our lives or our communities. >We should practice non-contentiousness, except when fighting (literally or metaphorically) is the right thing to do.
>>218630069The Tao way would be to fight to survive, not to kill.
>>218629454>seeking tao in your current stateYou are like a frog lusting for swan flesh, having eyes yet unable to see Mt Tai.
>mt tai this mountain lowkey is pretty fucking beautifuldid ancient chinese people worship it as a deity or some shit
Do Chinese people even care about shit like this anymore?
I have literally *never* met a Chinese person who cares about spirituality. At all
>>218630196Jade Emperor Peak is there so it's basically chinese olympus(inaccurate)
>>218629454Even 2,000 years ago, Taoism was rejected by mainstream society, who considered it something only idle people would believe in. They often consumed hallucinogenic plants and compounds that caused body heat.Furthermore, Taoism viewed death as an eternal state of "doing nothing," which they considered the most comfortable state.This religion exists solely because its founder was so great.
>>218629454Just read Tao of Pooh. Literally "Taoism for western idiots".
>>218630600>Tao of Pooh.Very bad book, imho.
cute book cover
>>218630600>Literally "Taoism for western idiots".ok well is there any introduction for taoism that isn't for idiots?
>>218629454https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/Hsin-Hsin-Ming.pdf
>>218629454OP has eyes but cannot see Mt. Tao.
>>218629618Does not work with women
>>218629629Hate when Asians start an interesting dialogue only for their final line to be a thought-terminating non sequitur.
>>218629989To watch Oriental women urinateTo cause my shift to end so I can go home and watch Oriental women urinateIt is simple but you will never get it
>>218629998Tao is just "the Holy Spirit" and "aether" wrapped into one concept, you hypocrite.
>>218629629this doesn't make any fucking sense. why are people pretending this makes sense obviously huizi is right, and zhuangzi is trolling him
How can you be a real master when nothing is real?!
>>218629454>ITT OP tried to ask out a jade beauty but she asked OP what tao was in response
>>218630996>>218631032
>>218630051>tf>tp
>>218631084>Do you know why you exist?In a way, that's exactly why you exist. Go figure it out ...
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>>218631657ladyboys
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>>218633018he's dead let it go
>>218633686the swede told me that giving up is in itself an act of resistance against my true nature
>>218633775do you think he will miss
