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[eatmydao]

Nature is complete because it does not serve itself.

The Sage places himself after and finds himself before,
Ignores his desire and finds himself content.

He is complete because he does not serve himself.

~Tao Te ChingThe past two weeks has been slow, mission-wise, and therefore afforded me time to catch up a little on my reading. I had

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[nicotine_patch]

If he doesn't serve himself, who fucking does?

Shit, I just came back from an undercover gig a couple'a days ago. Shit is annoying.

[eatmydao]

That is not exactly what it means, when it says that the Sage does not serve himself. He certainly looks after himself, but the point is that he has a greater good, a higher purpose than just earthly needs.

I have not been on a mission in a while. I am quite looking forward to getting back out in the field.

[nicotine_patch]

Without attending to one's Earthly Needs, one can't acquire toilet paper to wipe one's Earthly Ass. I wouldn't feel like communing with my higher purpose if I had a shitty ass.

Cool, I guess. Best of luck, man! Don't die.

[eatmydao]

You are missing the point deliberately, I think. It is not that he forsakes earthly needs for the sake of his higher purpose, but that the earthly needs are not as important. They certainly still get taken care of.

Tch. Certainly not.

[mindreader_eh]

Quotes don't~ make you look smarter, Wufei.

[eatmydao]

Quite the contrary, I do not need quotes to look smarter. At any rate, I was not trying to seem more intelligent; I was simply sharing something I had read.

[mindreader_eh]

Mm-hmm. You know crap like that goes over eighty percent of the people around here's heads.

[nicotine_patch]

Hurr hurr you're just so smart Kyouya hurr hurr.