No one is freer than the one with no religion, set routines, solid philosophy, goals, ambitions, clear notions or ways. Those in society program each other to have these things then recursively program themselves and the infinite recursion becomes a set of beliefs and strong "knowledge" that is 100% second hand.
She said "I don't know" and I clapped my hands in joy at her honesty and simple perfected bliss.
The way of Tao is not to have such ways, ok we tend to read books and quote passages to each other when we see a connection, but each passage can have 100 readings. The philosophy of no philosophy, the path of no path, the Wu Way.
So true...yet so difficult. Something to strive for though without striving.
ReplyDeleteNo religion or philosophy leaves room for true discovery. Take away second hand knowledge, and all we have left is experience and wisdom. Who can argue with that? :-)
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Pretty:)
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