Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh, The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016).
Like poetic fragments left by Sappho, here we go for Journey III.
". . . boundless curiosity about all that exists . . ." (page 150).
"Trained spontaneity means freeing ourselves of a conscious mind that is by definition restricted to a single self. Our mind gets in our way, causing us to battle against rather than flow with the Way . . . (pages 150-151).
"What would it be like if I looked at the world as if I were a butterfly dreaming I am a human being? . . . (page 152).
". . . constantly cultivating . . . ability to imagine transcending our own experience . . ." (page 152.)
"In this fractured and fragmented world, it's up to us to generate order. We are the ones who construct and give pattern to the world . . ." (page 197).
Simplified 气 (Qi) from Stroke Order Project, Wiki Commons.
Today's Rune: Movement.
1 comment:
A Butterfly dreaming. Great title, that would be. I think butterflies might be happier dreaming only their own dreams though.
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