:up: Synonym does not mean identical - it just means people use them without regard for any difference between them. In design, however, there is a cl...
I, too, need to work on being clearer. I have gone back and tried to remove some of this language from a recent post. I will try the same with this ex...
I don’t understand how you can replace objective reality with the Tao, as if the two were interchangeable, and also claim that they are mutually exclu...
Then why say ‘hope is bad’ if that’s not what you mean? If the TTC is ambiguous about value judgements, especially if it seems deliberate, then should...
Let me clarify my use of ‘irresponsible’: it was in particular reference to your unfounded claims that Lao Tzu thinks a certain way as distinct from -...
I thought I already did - here. But I’m not explaining myself very well here. I believe that the TTC structures all of reality as consisting basically...
Hi Ying, and welcome to the discussion. I’m interested in reading more of your personal perspective on the TTC here. I have been using the Yellow Brid...
I do think that our affected relation to this concept of ‘hope’ does distract us from the path, but that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with the ...
What I’m claiming is that there exists an underlying logical framework to the TTC that is... well, eternal. It contains none of my personal judgement ...
Some physicists (eg. Rovelli) say that the stuff of the world consists of interrelated events, whether we perceive them as consolidating (matter) or i...
I do agree with T Clark’s sentiment here. I think the TTC draws our attention to the relations in our experience, and invites us to look closer at wha...
Like this: I guess I just wanted you to acknowledge that you have no evidence for saying that Lao Tzu thinks the same way you do here. It’s all based ...
Yes, the TTC has 81 verses, but what they are about is an interpretation, not part of the original structure. The TTC is written using traditional, li...
Your interpretation is that wu-wei is better than benevolence and etiquette. That makes sense from your experience and understanding of the world, and...
I don’t agree with this. I think intellect that assumes a linear causal relation between potentiality and action is bound to conflict with wu-wei. But...
The structure of the TTC is the original structure, consisting of Chinese characters (each signifying the quality of an idea) arranged in a particular...
You seem to be arguing that every noun I use corresponds to a ‘thing’, and is therefore NOT the Tao. I think it’s important to point out that I’m not ...
I think when we embody Te, we can do so through stillness (meditation), intuitively (your example of wu-wei) or self-consciously. I’m not implying tha...
Now look who’s behind... I wanted to mention this comment quickly, because you also mentioned it in response to @"Amity"’s comment. I do agree that th...
I will continue to warn against consolidating concepts and settling for metaphorical language in the TTC. I think that we limit our ability to underst...
I get that, but I don’t think what I’m saying is the other way around. I don’t think I’ve explained myself very well here. You don’t ‘get filial piety...
I maintain that any ambiguity is in our interpretation, not in the structure, of the TTC. The mystery, in my mind, is the difference. Because they are...
It can be a barrier, sure. But I think rejecting entire concepts, such as intellect or rationality, is as much a mistake as rejecting knowledge. Ratio...
The way I see it, te is the self-conscious process by which our relation to the Tao produces action/wu-wei/moral behaviour; meditation works to restru...
I struggled with this one initially, too. When I googled it, I found references to six close relatives, namely: father, mother, older brothers, younge...
No, I don’t believe it does. It says that the Tao is the unity, the mystery, the door to all wonders. The difference between observing its wonders or ...
This appearance of being against knowledge relates back to intentionality and wu-wei. This is where relying on English translations can lead us astray...
Well, considering the Tao is all-inclusive, I don’t see how they can not be part of the Tao. What is described here are human values when they exclude...
I think it can happen, but why fear this? Understanding the TTC is still not the Tao. It’s just a key to experiencing it. And at the end of the day, a...
Well, if you find a better word, be sure and let me know. For me, ‘relate’ is the basis of existence, the purest description of the seemingly infinite...
I find it’s like a written piece of music. The notes are presented in a formal structure, and each note, bar, melody and movement has a certain qualit...
Here’s my take: Probability is a quantified occurrence of a possible event under limited conditions. The difference between probability - a mathematic...
Sorry, spelling error: I meant tesseract. There’s no need to get into the technical stuff. Basically, the tesseract (4D) is to a cube (3D) as the cube...
My own use of ‘cascade’ was in reference to its secondary meaning: a process whereby something, typically information or knowledge, is successively pa...
This reflects what I have been saying about Chinese characters contributing quality to the idea, rather than consolidated concepts. It’s not so much a...
I’m not suggesting it ‘dissolves all structures’ - only that it has no inherent hierarchical aspect: it is our affected relation which brings this in....
I do recognise the merits of this broader methodology - and I have learned a lot about the differences in each translation from your approach, so than...
Having and raising a child is a primitive option for effecting positive change in the world. We’re way past the point of needing to keep this up as hu...
In the meantime... Barrett describes instead three event structures: an ongoing interoception of affect constructed by internal and external sensory d...
Agreed. The idea is to recognise that the ‘original’ structure is the ultimate reference point - in the same way that righteousness is not the Tao and...
Thank you for this, and for the quotes - the more I look into Husserl, the more I find this to be a more accurate description. Idealism is far too con...
These, to me, are all interpretations that derive from taking the English translations at face value. The Chinese characters refer to the relational q...
I agree - that doesn’t mean they can’t inform or be informed by phenomenological idealism. It’s the similarities in relational structure that interest...
I refer to this as a ‘cascade’ because I think the multi-dimensional aspect to the structure is an important one: loyalty is one aspect of etiquette/w...
I’m not going to pretend that I have read much on Husserl, or that I can discuss phenomenological description with any academic confidence. But the wa...
That depends what area of science you’re looking into. The idea that all science is empirical is outdated by at least a century. The scientific method...
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