Frederick Lenz Quotes - Page 139

• Lao Tsu says the way of life is water, to be fluid.

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  Water, Taoism, Laos

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• Lao Tsu uses the anology of the tree. The old hard tree breaks and falls when the wind blows. The young tree bends and does not break. He advises us to bend and not to break.

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  Fall, Blow, Wind

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• Wisdom is knowing that if you bend, you don't have to break. Sometimes it is necessary to go with the flow of life.

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  Knowing, Taoism, Flow

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• Lao Tsu always points a finger directly to us. He says we must begin with ourselves. It's impossible to bring order into the world unless we bring order into ourselves.

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  Order, Taoism, Laos

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• If you are interested in Taoism, I would suggest that you read the Way of Life by Lao Tsu, the founder of Taoism. I personally prefer the Witter Brynner translation.

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  Taoism, Laos, Way

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• Lao Tsu doesn't seem to hold to much stock for words or phrases or teachings.

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  Teaching, Taoism, Laos

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• Lao Tsu says the way of life is ancient, timeless. It is existence which he calls the Tao - a mysterious source, beyond understanding, and all of us are a reflection, if not that source of life ourselves.

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  Reflection, Understanding, Taoism

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• Lao Tsu found Taoism easy to reconcile withthe world of human beings, which is interesting because with all the nature imagery, one might think it was in some way antithetical to contempory life.

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  Thinking, Interesting, Taoism

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• Many sections are taken up with political discussions and how the way of the ruler, the merchant, the householder, and the army interact with the Tao.

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  Taken, Army, Political

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• Taoism has no rules. It's a suggestion for preceiving life in its wholeness, without unnessary categorization, yet enjoying the beauty of categorization.

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  Taoism, Suggestions, Categorization

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• Taoism is not a religion, although perhaps it has been made into one by some people. Lao Tsu's way of life occurs in any spiritual philosophy.

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  Spiritual, Philosophy, People

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• There is another kind of wisdom, the wisdom of following - the wisdom of not taking the lead with your ego.

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  Ego, Taoism, Kind

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• In the West the wise are usually thought of as leaders. In the East, the wise are very often though of as followers.

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  Wise, Leader, Taoism

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• We know we should be completely humble. We should stop thinking that we're very marvelous because we're not. We are interesting at best because we are a part of life.

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  Humble, Thinking, Interesting

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• Taoism shows us how to deal with life and death by realizing everything here is transitory but its substance is eternal.

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  Life And Death, Taoism, Substance

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• We should not weep or cry or be upset when we see the generations pass, because all are forms of the infinite creation. They are not real, they are not eternal.

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  Real, Upset, Taoism

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• Just as when water is frozen in to a form as ice and then melts - so at the time of death, there is no death. The spirit simply changes form.

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  Ice, Water, Taoism

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• Some people think Taoism means not doing anything, just going on with your life. That has little or nothing to do with Taoism.

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  Mean, Thinking, People

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• Taoism means streching your being, becoming both a man and a woman and joining within yourself, to be the heavens themselves, to stretch your awareness beyond the breaking point until all opposites are reconciled within yourself.

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  Mean, Men, Opposites

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• Enlightenment comes through the feminine side of the being.

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  Taoism, Enlightenment, Sides

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• Examine everything that you've been taught, not simply what you've been taught in school, but the images that have been held up to you since the time of your birth.

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  School, Taoism, Up To You

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• Get some distance on yourself and undertand the multilevel structure that's operating. There's a power structure within you. You're a very political creature.

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  Distance, Political, Taoism

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• For a person who lives in time, differences are the most important thing because they represent your existence.

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  Differences, Taoism, Important

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• When there's no difference, there's no time, no world, no separativity - and there's no you ... nor is there an I.

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  Differences, Taoism, World

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• Initially there's absolutely nothing.

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  Taoism, Absolutely Nothing

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