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Re: Question for Plato, note to Max and everyoneFrom: singing ocean
Subject: General
Date/Time 2005-03-12 03:12:30
Remote IP: 154.20.44.178
Messageas for access to the ancietn chinese--there is no virute in this, per se. that stuff is so hard to read most, say about 1.3 billion, modern chinese can't understand it. it is very subject to interpretation. you could argue that thomas cleary knows as much if not more than nan because he too reads ancient chinese. the only thing you can say for sure about those ancient texts is that people argue about their real meanings. here and in the west. you must learn from the qi and the dao. these are the only legitimate teachers. book knowledge is meaningless, almost useless, and of even lesser value. anyone who claims to be knowledgeable about anything based on book knowledge alone is building a house of cards in a draughfty room.
i can read all i want about wilderness survival and let on to know all about it. i can discuss the methods and theories. until i go out into the woods and practice it, i know nothing. and the harsh reality of that will hit me the first time i really need it. if you really wanna get thrust of this, read about how to make fire by friction, and then try to do it. or read about flintknapping and then try to do it. no wait, just try to find the right kind of rocks in nature or roam the woods looking for deer antler to make a billet and pressure flaker. the difference here is that nature is the teacher in wilderness survival,which is actually a part of the dao.
Amen!
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