Daoism (Taoism) 道教

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Just what is the relationship between professionalism, ethics, and emotions?
#Professionalism #Ethics #Emotions

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/the-dao-of-emotions?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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How many of us understand what communication is really all about? #Daoism #Taoism #Communication

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/the-dao-of-communication?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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I'm working through some issues from an old episode of Stargate Atlantis to explain some ideas I have about time.

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/the-dao-of-time?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Time #Taoism #Daoism #Zhuangzi

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I'd like to learn about taoism, the teachings and their historical context.

Do you have a suggestion for english language works on the subject? How did you first learn about the subject?

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How does and intelligent and sensitive person deal with the Climate Emergency? Or any other really depressing aspect of life? https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/the-dao-and-pessimism-52a?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true #ClimateChange #Daoism #Taoism

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https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/faith-and-mind-fasting?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

If people reject the idea of faith, perhaps they would benefit from the Daoist idea of "mind fasting".

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How are we supposed to understand past deeds in our human relationships?

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/daoist-morality-535?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Taoism #Daoism #Morality

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What exactly is enlightenment? (billhulet.substack.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by CloudwalkingOwl@lemmy.ca to c/taoism@lemmy.world
 
 

What exactly is the end goal of spiritual practice? https://billhulet.substack.com/p/what-is-enlightenment-fbd

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Knowledge 智 Life is Beauty, Terror, Knowledge. A crucial part of following Tao is seeking knowledge. All the efforts of self-cultivation are meant to make us a fit vehicle for that search. Sometimes what we learn is not pleasant. With learning, we glimpse life as it really is, and that is difficult to bear. That is why spiritual progress is slow: not because no one will tell us the secrets, but because we ourselves must overcome sentiment and fear before we can grasp it. There is an underbelly of terror to all life. It is suffering, it is hurt. Deep within all of us are intense fears that have left few of us whole. Life's terrors haunt us, attack us, leave ugly cuts. To buffer ourselves, we dwell on beauty, we collect things, we fall in love, we desperately try to make something lasting in our lives. We take beauty as the only worthwhile thing in this existence, but it cannot veil cursing, violence, randomness, and injustice. Only knowledge removes this fear. If we were shown the whole truth, we could not stand it. Both lovely and horrible details make us human, and when knowledge threatens to show us our follies, we may realize that we are not yet ready to leave them behind. Then the veil closes again, and we sit meditating before it, trying to prepare ourselves for the moment when we dare to part the curtain completely.

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Day 161 'Truth' (lemmy.world)
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