Comments on: Can wisdom contradict itself?

By: spaceagesage,

spaceagesage, — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:48:21 +0000

Hi, Gary -
Thanks for the kind words — and welcome! Yes, “limp” doesn’t quite capture the meaning, does it? Firm and flexible — that sounds good.

By: Gary Fletcher

Gary Fletcher — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:16:28 +0000

Thanks for this inspiring post. I think that yielding is not to be confused with “limp”. The tree bends, but keeps growing upwards, not just flopping to the ground.

You can strive and be firm in your purpose, but flexible in the path you take. As you said in your post Tao Te Ching, chapter 68, “Like water flowing in a river, a person travels with the current instead of fighting it.”

Regards,
Gary

By: spaceagesage

spaceagesage — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:18:46 +0000

Hi, Linda — You’re welcome!

Hi, Davina –
I’m grateful for free will - one of the most amazing things in life.

Hi, Barbara –
I’m glad someone else read the book.
After writing my post and reading the replies, I can’t help but think of Kwai Chang Caine in the original TV series Kung Fu