tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22463475.post3663519043841586116..comments2024-02-23T14:59:44.189-05:00Comments on The Goat Rope: CUTTING THE METAPHORICAL OX, THE WILY FRENCH AND THAT IS ONE BIG BIRD!Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07333099574473265593noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22463475.post-84759810682249001012007-07-06T07:50:00.000-04:002007-07-06T07:50:00.000-04:00Hi Nick,Looks like they might have skipped that on...Hi Nick,<BR/>Looks like they might have skipped that one...El Cabrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393623994934465867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22463475.post-55370399884096163462007-07-05T23:10:00.000-04:002007-07-05T23:10:00.000-04:00I wonder if there are those in our government who ...I wonder if there are those in our government who understand this:<BR/><BR/>A master of the art of war has said, 'I do not dare to be the<BR/>host (to commence the war); I prefer to be the guest (to act on the<BR/>defensive). I do not dare to advance an inch; I prefer to retire a<BR/>foot.' This is called marshalling the ranks where there are no ranks;<BR/>baring the arms (to fight) where there are no arms to bare; grasping<BR/>the weapon where there is no weapon to grasp; advancing against the<BR/>enemy where there is no enemy.<BR/><BR/>There is no calamity greater than lightly engaging in war. To do<BR/>that is near losing (the gentleness) which is so precious. Thus it is that when opposing weapons are (actually) crossed, he who deplores (the situation) conquers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16939152657551690867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22463475.post-69986065864053124712007-07-05T17:55:00.000-04:002007-07-05T17:55:00.000-04:00Tao is all about water, isn't it?Tao is all about water, isn't it?El Cabrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393623994934465867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22463475.post-63653115016040722902007-07-05T14:09:00.000-04:002007-07-05T14:09:00.000-04:00Nice selection, Hollowdweller!You can kind of see ...Nice selection, Hollowdweller!<BR/><BR/>You can kind of see the Tao in action when you live in the sticks.<BR/><BR/>In case you missed it, here's the link to a series on the Tao Te Ching that ran in may (you have to scroll down to get to the first one):<BR/><BR/>http://goatrope.blogspot.com/2007_05_06_archive.html<BR/><BR/>Thanks!El Cabrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393623994934465867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22463475.post-45520106508926969782007-07-05T14:05:00.000-04:002007-07-05T14:05:00.000-04:00My favorite passage from the TaoSince the world po...My favorite passage from the Tao<BR/><BR/>Since the world points up beauty as such,<BR/>There is ugliness too.<BR/>If goodness is taken as goodness,<BR/>Wickedness enters as well.<BR/><BR/>For is and is-not come together;<BR/>Hard and easy are complementary;<BR/>Long and short are relative;<BR/>High and low are comparative;<BR/>Pitch and sound make harmony;<BR/>Before and after are a sequence.<BR/><BR/>Indeed the Wise Man's office<BR/>Is to work by being still;<BR/>He teaches not by speech<BR/>But by accomplishment;<BR/>He does for everything,<BR/>Neglecting none;<BR/>Their life he gives to all,<BR/>Possessing none;<BR/>And what he brings to pass<BR/>Depends on no one else.<BR/>As he succeeds,<BR/>He takes no credit<BR/>And just because he does not take it,<BR/>Credit never leaves him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com