12-29-2017, 12:00 AM
glance left wrote:Le_Regard wrote:
Also, here's the really big deal. Taoist philosophy has no ASSEMBLAGE POINT. There's no ASSEMBLAGE POINT in the taoist alchemy or in the tai chi classics. How is that even possible? I don't believe the ancient Chinese sages would have just LEFT THAT DETAIL OUT.
Ya, mean, honestly.....if what's behind the description is indescribable then who cares which system one picks to talk about it? Just pick one that resonates more or less. Or make one's own, IDK.
It's a great question. I like think of it like... medicine. You prescribe different medicines for different things, to the individual condition. But that's not enough for me. It's not enough for me to find some wise being, ask for my own special perfect medicine, and take it. That's not enough at all. I need to understand how it works. I don't know why, I just do.
Maybe it's enough for most people, but there's at least one type of person who needs to know ALL the medicines, and ALL the conditions, and that's a doctor. Nothing wrong with wanting to be a doctor, right?
Most people wait until their car breaks then deal with getting it fixed. That's normal. Most people do NOT have shamanic initiation ordeals and wake up wanting to be mechanics.
Also, here's the really big deal. Taoist philosophy has no ASSEMBLAGE POINT. There's no ASSEMBLAGE POINT in the taoist alchemy or in the tai chi classics. How is that even possible? I don't believe the ancient Chinese sages would have just LEFT THAT DETAIL OUT.
Ya, mean, honestly.....if what's behind the description is indescribable then who cares which system one picks to talk about it? Just pick one that resonates more or less. Or make one's own, IDK.
It's a great question. I like think of it like... medicine. You prescribe different medicines for different things, to the individual condition. But that's not enough for me. It's not enough for me to find some wise being, ask for my own special perfect medicine, and take it. That's not enough at all. I need to understand how it works. I don't know why, I just do.
Maybe it's enough for most people, but there's at least one type of person who needs to know ALL the medicines, and ALL the conditions, and that's a doctor. Nothing wrong with wanting to be a doctor, right?
Most people wait until their car breaks then deal with getting it fixed. That's normal. Most people do NOT have shamanic initiation ordeals and wake up wanting to be mechanics.