Latest revision as of 19:38, 4 March 2010

Chapter 51 and 54 for Editing and Discussion

CH 51

The Chao produces all things.
They play with power and energy.
Matter gives them physical form.
Nature and nurture dance from the Chao
The Chao is respected, and balance is honored.
This happens naturally, there is no creator of balance.

The Chao produces all things:
it gives them power, and takes away their power,
it is the teat we suckle at, and must learn to move away from,
it is the ability to understand the self, and also mock it,
it is certainty while being uncertain,
it is simultaneously passionate and detached,
it is both the comedian and the audience,
making them laugh at something within.
This is mystical power.

This matches the original pretty closely... perhaps we can tweak it to make the Discordian side come out a bit more?

CH 54

Whoever is slackened by the Chao
will not be tied back down!
(unless of course you like that sort of thing?)
Do what you desire to do!
Eris is always honored by instinct,
awaiting convolution.

Let the Chao lead your actions
& you will become honest.
Invite her into your family
& your people will thrive.
Countries are countries
(that’s another kind of bullshit)
y'see the world is her playground!
Chaos is reflexively present,
the universe vibrates.

How do I know this is true?
Just look at the moon.

The original:

What is well established cannot be uprooted.
What is firmly held cannot slip away.
The power of sacrifice continues on
from generation to generation.

Cultivated in the person, power becomes real.
Cultivated in the family, power becomes abundant.
Cultivated in the community, power endures.
Cultivated in the nation, power flourishes.
Cultivated in the world, power becomes universal.

Therefore see the person as a person,
the family as a family, the community as a community,
the nation as a nation, and the world as universal.
How do I know that the world is like this?
By this.

I'm thinking we may be able to talk about the different social fictions of family, country, state, etc.