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I don't disagree with the wisdom expressed in your last posting, Logtroll, but I think it demonstrates that you completely missed the sublimity of the wisdom of Zhuangzi.
Perhaps it would be better for you to take baby-steps in wisdom first. Here is a story involving Zhuangzi's niggling, word-splitting adversary, Hui Shi. It might be more congenial to your mentality. So, it's true, noomie, you are the Great Teacher?
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
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I have an abiding conviction that even fools may be lifted up out of the darkness they inhabit and brought into the light and warmth of truth.
Of course, some of my friends have opined that I am too much of a Pollyanna -- always ready to see the good in others.
Frequently they say to me, "Oh, Numan, you are just too good !"
It seems that even Canadians have watched Gone with the Wind too often.
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Ah, but who is left to lift you, numan?
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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I have an abiding conviction that even fools may be lifted up out of the darkness they inhabit and brought into the light and warmth of truth.
Of course, some of my friends have opined that I am too much of a Pollyanna -- always ready to see the good in others.
Frequently they say to me, "Oh, Numan, you are just too good !"
It seems that even Canadians have watched Gone with the Wind too often. How do you say shar l'tan in Chinese? Noo-Mi. The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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Ah, but who is left to lift you, numan? Perhaps those who are in the boat already might consider throwing the Verbose One a life ring.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
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So, it's true, noomie, you are the Great Teacher? As his visage is reflected in the pond, the greatness of the teacher is reflected by his students.
Good coffee, good weed, and time on my hands...
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So, it's true, noomie, you are the Great Teacher? As his visage is reflected in the pond, the greatness of the teacher is reflected by his students. Whoa! We may have a new contendah fo' da title!
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
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It seems that even Canadians have watched Gone with the Wind too often.  What on earth are they thinking??
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
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Well, I guess Canadians recognize, as well as me, themselves in the character of Melanie.
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She's prettier than you are.
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