(June 30, 2021 at 7:39 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: You and Nudger both talked about "flow"... as in "not approaching life's events with resistance, but (like a leaf) floating along the river... perhaps going where life takes you.
Now, I know that neither you or Nudger is a Daoist. But, as you both know, this is a principle of Daoism. (...if Daoism can be said to have principles...).
In any case, it is a belief, isn't it? Or is it?
Perhaps it is an attitude? Or modus operandi? Or maybe something that the both of you found that simply works.
It’s how I find my zen, lol. When body and mind and environment all line up and you get to where you were headed without grasping or hacking away at a thing, miserable in a sea of overwork by any name.
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