The Sacred Chao Te Ching

[LMNO]

Suggestion for 20:

Abandon Reality, and Illusions end.
Stop worrying so much about the world.
How much difference is there between True and False?
How much difference is there between Order and Disorder?
Why should you care about what Most People care about?
Is what people Believe really to be believed?
Not fucking likely!

The people know from Right and Wrong,
as if they can see the Universe.
I am unsure, and seek more information.

The people of the world know Sacred from Sinful,
punishing and praising all around them.
I raise a challenge with "I Don't Know,"
and lay myself down with sleep undisturbed.
Cool as the other side of the pillow
As expressionless as a new born babe.

Most People tend to over-think their problems,
reach a firm conclusion,
and move on to the next shiny object.
Most People try to see the pattern in the Chaos
I see the Chaos in the patterns
Most People try to force Purpose into their life
I ride the waves of Chaos where it takes me
I keep my thoughts alive,
and tucked in my head,
waiting for the next Observation.

[LMNO]

Suggestion for 21:

The wise spag keeps his mind
always at one with the Chao;
That is why he is able to think for himself.

The Chao is ineffable.
How can his mind be at one with it?
Because he doesn't whine about minutiae.

Life is real, and has the power of Creation.
From the moment we are born,
We create the patterns of Illusion,
From which we ever after try and free
ourselves.
How do I know of these Illusions?
By observing Chaos.

The Chao is vast & immeasurable.
How can this help a spag think for themselves?
Because he can choose immeasurable points of view,
not just somebody else's.

[LMNO]

Hey, would it be possible to throw together another fast'n'dirty PDF for what we currently have?

It would make it a lot easier to edit as a whole.

[Cramulus]

Hey, would it be possible to throw together another fast'n'dirty PDF for what we currently have?

It would make it a lot easier to edit as a whole.

jah, can-do.

at some point, we'll need to have a separate conversation about layout


I think the pen name I want to use for this publication (instead of Cramulus) is "Sitting Duck"...


LMNO could be "Asshopper" 

[Bu🤠ns]

HAHAHAHAHAA ...asshopper...


i so need to get back on this.

[LMNO]

[Cramulus]

new pdf: http://www.scribd.com/doc/14714852/Sacred-Chao-Te-Ching

[Cramulus]

^
pdf updated again, looks much cleaner now

[LMNO]

Much love.  Will do second-pass editing.

Also will gladly accept 3rd-4rth-5th level comments, as it appears this pretty much ended up as a project with Cram, Hoops, Honey, and me.

[Bu🤠ns]

i'll contribute this weekend.

[Honey]

No longer interested.  Please feel free to use whatever you wish but remove my name.  Thanks & respect.

[Bu🤠ns]

oh FFS...

[Honey]

I should clarify, I was in a hurry last night.  I am no longer interested in this part of the process. 

However, I am very interested in seeing the finished product.  Very seriously NOT wanting to create unnecessary drama here but have qualms about attaching my name.

Looking forward to reading!  Best wishes!  Thanks & Respect!

[LMNO]

So, uh... what brought this about?

[Honey]

I remain open to the Chao.  I'm new here & know very little of Discordia.  I'm not attached to any of my own interpretations, it was fun writing them & reading the others.  I will always love the Tao Te Ching, it plucks my heart strings.  To me, the Chao seemed much like the Tao.  The concept of wei wu wei seems, to me, to be difficult to translate in both but I think it's somehow key.  The idea of a sort of "muscle memory" where the body knows what the mind does not also seems to come into play (big time) in my thoughts on this.  The game plays the game.  It plays you as you try to play it.  It plays you.  You laugh at the absurdity.  Kinda like "push hands."  Or jumping in & out of the various paradoxes.  How opposites create each other without devouring one another.  In some sense like an Ouroboros.

Anyway I'm failing to express but I remain open to whatever.   

This is probably one of the last times I expended any amount of energy on this project. 

Maybe I have ADDHD or some other kinda disorder (don't think so but one never knows)?  I've been honest about my other issues right from the get go.   

I'm sorry I said I thought you were a "pretentious little prick" or an "insufferable pedantic prick" (forget which?).  & I don't really think you think I'm an "ignorant uppity slut" (I put those words in your mouth in case you didn't know & I'm sorry for that too). 

Although it sure seems that way sometimes (not HERE in this thread).  Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

Maybe it's just the Chao?

(goin' to see my Mom tomorrow so let's just say I'm gonna save the drama for my Mama?  ok?)