Other people are bright;
I alone am dark…
Other people are sharp;
I alone am dull…
Other people have a purpose;
I alone don’t know…
I drift like a wave on the ocean,
I blow as aimless as the wind…
———
The Taoist sage is often not taken serious by “men of the world”. Somebody who cares so little about material wealth could only be judged as inferior and foolish by a world intoxicated by material possession. Someone so untouched by hierarchical structures could only be a failure in the “age of the manager,” which measures success by one’s ability to manipulate and to rule. Someone who is honest and open like a child can only be an imbecile to a world obsessed with devious manipulation and power.
Not for the Taoist sage the compulsive preoccupation with several problems simultaneously. He does not fret about his future strategies while frantically trying to deal with his immediate problems. He does not use his cellular phone while simultaneously eating and negotiating with someone across the table. Unlike your ambitious managerial type, he does one thing at a time, and enjoys doing it. He eats when he eats, sleeps when he sleeps, and enjoys company for the sake of company. He lives now and now only, for he knows the past is past and the future mere fiction.
He will only take upon him as much as he can handle without losing his compassion. He knows that being too busy inevitably leads to spiritual starvation and distress, and the loss of meaning to life.
The sage does not move with the counterfeit self-assurance of your crawler up the hierarchical ladder. He is totally honest about his own doubts and shortcomings, as well as his disagreements with authority or management, to a point of what to the world is naivety. He does not think in hierarchical categories and he refuses to choose friends according to their relative usefulness to him in his social, business or corporate environment. He is kind even to people who are mobbed by management and their lackeys.
Hesitantly, he moves among society as if on thin ice, withdrawn like a guest in a strange house. He is wary of any group, for he realizes that a group is often worse than the sum total of its members’ inflated egos and prejudices. He distrusts committees and councils, for they often legitimize prejudice. He refuses to have anything to do with cliques and societies, who often boost their own egos at the cost of others. He avoids meetings and gatherings, where gossip and meanness are often given respectability. He is disinclined to become part even of groups with the loftiest ideals, for grand schemes often serve as facades to ego trips towards fame and prestige.
In a Vanity Fair of brash, inflated egos, he prefers to be invisible. In a pretentious world of self-aggrandizement where status rules supreme, the sage longs to remain unnoticed. In a society clamouring for public honour and fame, he remains out of sight…
From “The Modern Taoist Sage” by Jos Slabbert
I see these two Trees as me and Sina, my best friend… standing together, alone, away… far from the maddening crowd…
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Noone showed us to the land & noone knows the wheres or whys but Something stares & something tries & starts to climb toward the light
@Sina: now u won’t need to write only in English… I’ve fixed the problem… it was a problem with MySQL databases collation settings… it’s now fixed and u can leave any comments in Persian too… and it’s great…
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The Inferior One…
Other people are bright;
I alone am dark…
Other people are sharp;
I alone am dull…
Other people have a purpose;
I alone don’t know…
I drift like a wave on the ocean,
I blow as aimless as the wind…
———
The Taoist sage is often not taken serious by “men of the world”. Somebody who cares so little about material wealth could only be judged as inferior and foolish by a world intoxicated by material possession. Someone so untouched by hierarchical structures could only be a failure in the “age of the manager,” which measures success by one’s ability to manipulate and to rule. Someone who is honest and open like a child can only be an imbecile to a world obsessed with devious manipulation and power.
Not for the Taoist sage the compulsive preoccupation with several problems simultaneously. He does not fret about his future strategies while frantically trying to deal with his immediate problems. He does not use his cellular phone while simultaneously eating and negotiating with someone across the table. Unlike your ambitious managerial type, he does one thing at a time, and enjoys doing it. He eats when he eats, sleeps when he sleeps, and enjoys company for the sake of company. He lives now and now only, for he knows the past is past and the future mere fiction.
He will only take upon him as much as he can handle without losing his compassion. He knows that being too busy inevitably leads to spiritual starvation and distress, and the loss of meaning to life.
The sage does not move with the counterfeit self-assurance of your crawler up the hierarchical ladder. He is totally honest about his own doubts and shortcomings, as well as his disagreements with authority or management, to a point of what to the world is naivety. He does not think in hierarchical categories and he refuses to choose friends according to their relative usefulness to him in his social, business or corporate environment. He is kind even to people who are mobbed by management and their lackeys.
Hesitantly, he moves among society as if on thin ice, withdrawn like a guest in a strange house. He is wary of any group, for he realizes that a group is often worse than the sum total of its members’ inflated egos and prejudices. He distrusts committees and councils, for they often legitimize prejudice. He refuses to have anything to do with cliques and societies, who often boost their own egos at the cost of others. He avoids meetings and gatherings, where gossip and meanness are often given respectability. He is disinclined to become part even of groups with the loftiest ideals, for grand schemes often serve as facades to ego trips towards fame and prestige.
In a Vanity Fair of brash, inflated egos, he prefers to be invisible. In a pretentious world of self-aggrandizement where status rules supreme, the sage longs to remain unnoticed. In a society clamouring for public honour and fame, he remains out of sight…
From “The Modern Taoist Sage” by Jos Slabbert
I see these two Trees as me and Sina, my best friend… standing together, alone, away… far from the maddening crowd…
EXIF
TAG
6 Comments
Noone showed us to the land & noone knows the wheres or whys but Something stares & something tries & starts to climb toward the light
Comment by Sina — December 18, 2008 @ 8:42 pm
@Sina: we did it without doing… we said it all without a word… we changed it all without even touching IT… we’ll live forever in this way…
Comment by Kaveh Saffari — December 20, 2008 @ 12:49 am
??? ?????? ?? ????? ?? ???? ?? ?? ??? ??? ???????? ??? ???? ???? (?????? ???? ????? ???? )
Comment by Sina — December 21, 2008 @ 11:16 am
It seems that I have to write it in English:)
Comment by Sina — December 21, 2008 @ 11:48 pm
Bal goshayim be bostan cho derakht Gar dar in rahe fana rikhte chon dane shavim (molana jalaledin balkhi(rumi))
Comment by Sina — December 21, 2008 @ 11:50 pm
@Sina: now u won’t need to write only in English…
I’ve fixed the problem… it was a problem with MySQL databases collation settings… it’s now fixed and u can leave any comments in Persian too… and it’s great…
Comment by Kaveh Saffari — December 24, 2008 @ 3:34 pm
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