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Tao Stoic 23

"It was M.Aurelius A., " the Master said, "who wrote: 'Honour that which is chiefest and most powerful in the world, and that is, what makes use of all things.' (Aure. 51) Indeed, without Mind, there would be no Order in the universe."

"But, ..." said Ling.

"Order is only an attribute, used by 'a' Mind for describing what it perceives. In this, it is like the water in the river. It is there, yet only we know it to be water, the river not, dear Ling." [39]


Ven 2005-01-24