Comments | sixgun45lc: An interesting point of view...

sixgun45lc

An interesting point of view...

Jul 08, 2005 13:13

Winning gives birth to hostility.

Losing, one lies down in pain.

The calmed lie down with ease,

having set

winning & losing

aside.

philosophy

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none_too_subtle July 8 2005, 20:26:18 UTC

I like that. And concur.

sixgun45lc July 8 2005, 20:46:00 UTC

Yeah. Somebody else posted it today and it kind of stuck with me.

none_too_subtle July 8 2005, 21:04:38 UTC

Word for word, no less! LOL :)

sixgun45lc July 8 2005, 22:54:44 UTC

Yeah, copy/paste will do that. I didn't realize you read that community.

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panzerwalt July 8 2005, 22:15:18 UTC

it's from Buddha. but could very easaly be part of the Art of War or Tao Te Chiag.

sixgun45lc July 8 2005, 22:56:53 UTC

The post that I took it from was quoting The Buddha. I liked it. I haven't read Sun Tzu but I have read the Tao Te Ching. Good stuff, for the most part. Some of it I struggled a bit with but I got 100% on the three papers I had to write so I guess I got a bit of it.

gothic_coop July 8 2005, 22:58:12 UTC

but a warrior wants niether, just to serve with honor.

sixgun45lc July 10 2005, 04:57:25 UTC

Exactly. He is able to lie down with ease because he has set the need to win and the worry of losing aside. He seeks only to fulfill his duty. I would submit that perhaps this view isn't limited to the warrior alone.

tashiqa July 9 2005, 00:36:22 UTC

I love it. Once you set winning and losing aside you can start living.
Nice post :)

sixgun45lc July 10 2005, 05:03:25 UTC

Thanks. :) I Imagine you saw where I got it from but there was so much else going on that I wanted to single it out for myself.

Here's to starting living, right?

gandryyne July 11 2005, 00:43:40 UTC

I need to remember this.

sixgun45lc July 11 2005, 19:13:04 UTC

You and me, both. Get past some of our attachments and appreciate the moments a bit more, you know?

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