tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598434020557723929.post968294425133033921..comments2023-04-05T06:16:16.259-07:00Comments on No Way Cafe: Tao Te Ching – Chapter 15Galen Pearlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189831838630645863noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598434020557723929.post-48705549372101765702017-01-14T20:36:11.605-08:002017-01-14T20:36:11.605-08:00LeAnn, thank you for adding three more wonderful q...LeAnn, thank you for adding three more wonderful qualities to beginner's mind--humble, receptive, teachable. What a perfect description. Glad you liked the post. Thank you for making it so much better with your additional thoughts.Galen Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10189831838630645863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598434020557723929.post-54791441571378987632017-01-14T20:29:07.595-08:002017-01-14T20:29:07.595-08:00I really really loved this one! I like the thought...I really really loved this one! I like the thought of harmony with the universe. I loved the thought about having a beginner's mind. Yes, Jesus taught us to be as a child. A child is humble, receptive and teachable. I loved your adjectives of the beginner's mind. This was such an insightful post on these wonderful teachings of Tao. Thanks for this one; I related alot to your wonderous thoughts. Big hugs for this one!LeAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107717294803352571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598434020557723929.post-84798126517910953482017-01-14T15:40:28.923-08:002017-01-14T15:40:28.923-08:00Ha! I don't know about that!
But what does st...Ha! I don't know about that!<br /><br />But what does strike me is that many wisdom teachings, from Jesus to the Tao Te Ching to the Bhagavad Gita to Buddha and more, teach very similar basic principles, sometimes in startlingly similar images or language. Rather than interpreting each other, I think perhaps they are drawing from the same source of truth. <br /><br />And no matter what the explanation is, mind reeling is the effect, because all of these teachings draw us out of the limitations of the mind. Now my mind is reeling, too!Galen Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10189831838630645863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598434020557723929.post-77811934072784271372017-01-14T12:32:03.521-08:002017-01-14T12:32:03.521-08:00Jesus interpreting taoism!?!? My mind is beginning...Jesus interpreting taoism!?!? My mind is beginning to reel!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598434020557723929.post-77970443982470889752017-01-13T21:02:57.016-08:002017-01-13T21:02:57.016-08:00So true, Martha. When my son was a little boy, he ...So true, Martha. When my son was a little boy, he was not only a child, but also autistic. His view of the world often fascinated me because he saw things without the "agreed on" lens that the rest of us look through. One day he kept talking about the "deer tree" in the back yard. I had no idea what he meant until I looked at the tree through his eyes. Having lost its leaves for the winter, the branches indeed looked like deer antlers. Galen Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10189831838630645863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598434020557723929.post-14358099338797686852017-01-13T20:59:59.809-08:002017-01-13T20:59:59.809-08:00I bet it was in the Tao of Pooh. The uncut block o...I bet it was in the Tao of Pooh. The uncut block of wood is an image used many times in the Tao Te Ching. The ice image by the way is yielding, like melting ice. If you have ever pressed something warm against ice, you can feel the ice softly and quietly yield, ie, melt away. And yes, we do often forget to try to connect. Thanks, CW.Galen Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10189831838630645863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598434020557723929.post-19923860375805119912017-01-13T17:31:33.076-08:002017-01-13T17:31:33.076-08:00As little children . . . the beginner's mind ....As little children . . . the beginner's mind . . . How I love these images, Galen. Just watching my granddaughters at play and interacting with me, I find I let down all my guard and just dwell in the precious moment, delighting in the right here and right now. We can learn so much from children, can't we? They never grow weary of wonder, and they certainly live in the moment. May we all nurture that inner child and the beginner's mind he/she reveals in us.<br />Blessings!Martha Jane Orlandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620499267401065780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598434020557723929.post-54316060068424200892017-01-13T17:25:59.978-08:002017-01-13T17:25:59.978-08:00I seem to remember the uncut block of wood from re...I seem to remember the uncut block of wood from reading The tao Of Pooh years ago. As for the unyielding ice, I have a story there about an alcohol spray mix Laurie read about that would clean windshields quick and easy and the below zero temps that laughed at it last week!<br /><br />I wish we could all work on connections. We spend so much time fighting anymore that we forget to try.CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com