Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
Around Bass Lake 10/06/2018 Oil Paint Rendered — Blue Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock, North Carolina
My Son-in-law Lee asked an AI bot
to explain the Tao to a six-year-old.
Here is the reply:
"Do you know what the Tao is?
It is a word that means the way of nature.
The way of nature is
how everything in the world
works together in harmony.
The Tao is not something
you can see or touch,
but you can feel it in your heart.
The Tao is like a river
that flows through everything,
and you are part of the river too.
The Tao teaches us to be kind,
humble, and peaceful,
and to follow the natural flow of life.
The Tao is not a religion or a rule,
but a guide for living well."
I find this to be "transparent to transcendence,"
with "transcendence" and "tao" being the same thing.
I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing.
I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.
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