Comments on: Unbending intention vs. iron will http://spaceagesage.com/2008/03/26/unbending-intention-vs-iron-will/ Where wisdom fuels change Thu, 17 May 2012 22:52:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: spaceagesage http://spaceagesage.com/2008/03/26/unbending-intention-vs-iron-will/#comment-516 spaceagesage Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:51:34 +0000 http://spaceagesage.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-516 99ppp -- with the Bible as my foundation of knowledge, I enjoy the Tao as a refreshing way to view the different aspects of The Nature of Things, using it to better my understanding of how the Holy Spirit works. "Dying to self" and "putting off the old self," are concepts from the Bible that often seem a lot like following the Tao. Much of my Bible education has been through the mind of Westerners, and I appreciate Lao-tsu's Eastern version of The Nature of Things. 99ppp — with the Bible as my foundation of knowledge, I enjoy the Tao as a refreshing way to view the different aspects of The Nature of Things, using it to better my understanding of how the Holy Spirit works. “Dying to self” and “putting off the old self,” are concepts from the Bible that often seem a lot like following the Tao. Much of my Bible education has been through the mind of Westerners, and I appreciate Lao-tsu’s Eastern version of The Nature of Things.

]]> By: 99ppp http://spaceagesage.com/2008/03/26/unbending-intention-vs-iron-will/#comment-515 99ppp Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:48:53 +0000 http://spaceagesage.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-515 I find that both taoism and buddhism as philosophies have trouble accounting for human desire (intention, purpose, goals or whatever one looks to beyond the immediate). This difficulty partly lies with the conceptual creation of Time: http://99ppp.wordpress.com/tag/time-management/ As I lean more towards taoism as it allows that space for intuition/instinct to guide one through its quirky paradoxes. The Tao Te Ching has a great sense of humour about it. :) I hope to elaborate this further on my blog, but at the moment, I'm practicing Wu-wei! ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_wei The Sage is occupied with the unspoken and acts without effort. Teaching without verbosity, producing without possessing, creating without regard to result, claiming nothing, the Sage has nothing to lose. I find that both taoism and buddhism as philosophies have trouble accounting for human desire (intention, purpose, goals or whatever one looks to beyond the immediate). This difficulty partly lies with the conceptual creation of Time:

http://99ppp.wordpress.com/tag/time-management/

As I lean more towards taoism as it allows that space for intuition/instinct to guide one through its quirky paradoxes. The Tao Te Ching has a great sense of humour about it. :)
I hope to elaborate this further on my blog, but at the moment, I’m practicing Wu-wei! ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_wei

The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.

Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.

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