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Just a quick response: To help me understand this, I replace 'being' with 'substance'. Seems to be about how we function or what our purpose is in lif...

'If I Had a Hammer' - Peter, Paul and Mary (in 1963) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxWTDcP9Y5E I had no idea that this song was so controversial... ...

I heard that song a lifetime ago but never really listened to it until now. So good.

An instructive story regarding wei wu wei, literally 'doing not-doing'. Cook Ding Cuts Up an Ox https://navigatingthezhuangzi.weebly.com/cook-ding-cut...

'I'll Stand By You' - Chrissie Hynde ( live with orchestra ) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yyb2RX0hii8 Oh, why you look so sad? Tears are in your eyes...

Leonardo da Vinci's Cartoon http://www.leonardo-da-vinci.net/cartoon-of-st-anne/ Kept in the dark room at the National Gallery, it inspired a young po...

Buried too deep for me, I'm afraid. Where are they supposed to be ? I read in one of the earlier posts that: 'the deepest tunes have no lyrics'. It re...

'End of the Line' - The Traveling Wilburys (George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMVjToYOjb...

Thanks. I prefer seeing the whole first before breakdown. I've just found the Ivanhoe translation and turned to the Verse being discussed. Too early t...

Appreciate seeing the whole Verse or Chapter as it is called in the Philip Ivanhoe translation. The final part of Chapter Ten: Comprehending all withi...

OK.

The letter is astonishing. Appreciate the quotes - they encourage me to read more. I am truly impressed now with Kafka. Getting to know him seems like...

Yup. I was asking another question.

Some of the old farts of today were the blowing-in-the-wind youth of yesteryear. The concerns pretty much the same as the young have today. A universa...

:smile: I do wish I had your way with words and a smidgeon of your knowledge of philosophical isms.

Isn't that true of any generation ? You call that music ? You call that dancing ? In my day... You what ? What people, where...?

Dear God. I have never 'got' this 'post-modern' concept. Just another label to hang on a picture or something...if you turn it round do you go back to...

Zoom Fatigue https://marketoonist.com/2020/06/zoom.html Tom Fishburne I don't do zoom but I love the song :cool:

You are right. That takes genius :cool:

Oh. Wow !! Just love these :sparkle:

As a matter of curiosity, addressed to anyone. About deep or light songs. And how they might reflect who you are...or who has inspired you... Have you...

After reading your comments, I wanted to find out more about Kafka. He is more intriguing than I first thought. Understanding Kafka. Have you read his...

"What does it feel like...when you're dancing ?" You can see their disappointment when he struggles and says "Dunno..' So glad he found the words to r...

:smile: So you were a pain in the neck there too !!

I understand it this way too. As per Marcus Aurelius...mentioned above. There's a comparison here: https://medium.com/interfaith-now/universal-ideas-i...

Why would it be 'a process of mutual chaotic cancellation' ? I agree that a sense of balance might be the outcome of e.g. drawing away from the 'black...

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Ah, mais naturellement !! :roll: Yes, I noticed the 2 quotes. I thought there might be another reason, other than a feeling - as you say. Does the cag...

Where did you check ? Have you read the wiki article on it. All will become clear. Hah ! At least it isn't in Latin :scream:

Funny the cartoons that stick in the mind. I remember one I cut out of a newspaper...way back in ancient times. Two umbrellas in the street: one close...

This thread is such a joy to read, even though I find it difficult to follow some of the terms and interpretations. There is a wonderful, knowledgeabl...

Asking myself why I skipped over this - probably because it made me think of the Holocaust and the prison camps. First, why would Jews joke about this...

Excellent instructions. It worked, thanks :smile:

Yes it is. If you can use it :smile: How do you send a download to your kindle ?

On Mother's Day :flower: Do daughters turn into their mothers ? https://www.theguardian.com/culture/ng-interactive/2021/mar/14/simone-lia-like-mother-...

For me, that is not an option. I am barely passed the Introduction. I am more likely to follow a thread started by someone with experience/knowledge w...

Thanks, I will take a look at this too. Downloadable here: https://terebess.hu/english/chuangtzu.html

A virus went in search of a human...

:smile: You can go to a library ?

Hope to enjoy this soon. Thanks :smile: Sorry, I can't access it.

Yes. Having thought further, this seems right to me. But only as part of a bigger cage where not only the self but others are involved in the trapping...

For me, this thread has really brought home to me how our various interpretations reflect our own selves and what is important to us. Perhaps, I have ...

Thanks for this. I think it is in reading such stories that we can see the importance of the Tao to everyday life in China. And possibly to any of us ...

I haven't read Kafka or The Zurau Aphorisms. Thanks for the introduction. Great question. I read that Kafka wrote these quick mental illuminations whi...

Thanks. So interesting to compare cultures at same or different times. Whose creativity can transform...

Agree that you were asking a hypothetical question. My response was neither tactical or racist, any careful reader would see that. And this response w...

Related to William's view that the British royals are 'very much not a racist family' following accusations of racism in Meghan and Harry's interview....

Ah, now that makes sense to me. It rings with my idea of 'gaps between the snaps' when it comes to discovering family history. The quality behind or s...

Hedgehog in the Fog. From Russia with love and subtitles. https://www.skwigly.co.uk/100-greatest-animated-shorts-hedgehog-in-the-fog-yuri-norstein/ ' ...

In TTSS, it's quite the moment when the British spies sing the Russian National anthem in Russian. A stirring sound, I always wondered about the lyric...