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GliderGuider

(21,088 posts) Thu Jan 8, 2015, 11:14 AM Jan 2015

Ancient Insight

This quote is from Ron Hogan's modern-language interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, the 2500 year old book of Taoist insights. Lao-tzu's thoughts seem uncomfortably applicable to the USA in 2015.

18.

When people lose touch with Tao,
they start talking about "righteousness" and "sanctity."
When people forget what's true,
they start talking about "self-evident truths."
When people have no respect for one another,
they start talking about "political correctness" and "family values."
When the nation is unstable,
people start talking about "patriotism."

http://www.beatrice.com/TAO.pdf
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Ancient Insight (Original Post) GliderGuider Jan 2015 OP
Very approprtate for today. jwirr Jan 2015 #1
When xtians started putting chervilant Jan 2015 #2
Ding Ding Ding!!! 2naSalit Jan 2015 #3
K&R nt stage left Jan 2015 #4

chervilant

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2. When xtians started putting
Reply to GliderGuider (Original post)
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 11:21 AM
Jan 2015

little fishies on their cars, I began to wonder why so many needed to display "proof" of their belief in Jesus. (I also noticed they were as likely to drive poorly, cut me off, and throw me a middle finger.)

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