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Tao Stoic 40

"Well, did you ponder about the man riding horse for pleasure [1?"

"I did Master. Since CONTROL is the drive behind all ideation, every answer should be in terms of that principle. The man thought himself happy because he was the master, the horse a slave, yet he knew not that he himself was therefore a slave too."

"Good. To control, to possess, to enslave others, is also self-enslavement and therefore runs counter to Human Dignity. Tao, the Way, Philosophy, Wisdom, it is all about being one with Nature. It is about being in control of what ought to be controlled, ... i.e.: the self. Plants and animals, even winds and rocks, all do as Nature wants them to. Man should do so too. Being a man, not to contend, not to enslave, being still, calm, content, that is what Human Dignity is all about. That is the Way." [1], [11], [45]


Ven 2005-01-24