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RobinoftheMoor
14-09-2011, 04:40 PM
I have an idea that will go nowhere:
How about Tao fortune cookies? The fortune will be blank, except one side will be a little darker than the other side.:smile:
Silver
14-09-2011, 06:11 PM
Haha! I like that idea, as long as the cookie part is delicious.
RobinoftheMoor
14-09-2011, 07:00 PM
Does not the joy of taste indicate one is on the right path?...fear not to seek into the darker parts of the refridgerator in the depths of the night...a treasure awaits within...
Silver
14-09-2011, 07:07 PM
Does not the joy of taste indicate one is on the right path?...fear not to seek into the darker parts of the refridgerator in the depths of the night...a treasure awaits within...



D'oh! :tongue: :D
RobinoftheMoor
16-09-2011, 08:11 PM
Ever notice how that little swirl on chocolate creams looks like the yin-yang symbol?
rickymoose
01-10-2011, 04:52 AM
I have an idea that will go nowhere:
How about Tao fortune cookies? The fortune will be blank, except one side will be a little darker than the other side.:smile:

I'd not be surprised if the orginal fortune cookies came from Taoists but Taoists hooked into older traditions and so, ...

Chocolate and vanilla go great together.
Silver
01-10-2011, 06:40 AM
Ever notice how that little swirl on chocolate creams looks like the yin-yang symbol?

Do tell! Fascinating, absolutely fascinating~*
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blackraven
03-10-2011, 06:46 PM
Thirty spokes converge at the hub,
but emptiness completes the wheel.

Clay is shaped to make a pot,
and what's useful is its emptiness.

Care fine doors and windows,
but the room is useful in its emptiness.

What is
is beneficial, while what is not
also proves useful.

Tao Te Ching, A New Translation by Tao Tzu

Blackraven
RobinoftheMoor
04-10-2011, 02:26 AM
And does not the shape of the skull, the ears, the eyes, the nose, the mouth, the hair define the head of the student...yet, the important part is the emptiness there-in...:smile:
Riboflavin
04-10-2011, 03:04 AM
I have an idea that will go nowhere:
How about Tao fortune cookies? The fortune will be blank, except one side will be a little darker than the other side.:smile:
If the tao fortunes looked like that, most people wouldn't see the tao lol.
blackraven
04-10-2011, 11:28 AM
And does not the shape of the skull, the ears, the eyes, the nose, the mouth, the hair define the head of the student...yet, the important part is the emptiness there-in...:smile:

You've taken "emptiness" to a whole new level RobinoftheMoore :D

Blackraven
RobinoftheMoor
19-10-2011, 05:02 PM
Does not the warm puppy recall Love out of the cold night?
peteyzen
20-10-2011, 10:36 AM
Rob

I was,
And I am
So shall I be to the end of Time,
For I am without end.
`Gibran`

Dogs are always howlin'
Cats are always yowlin'
But gibbons only
Like to sing and dance
Oop, oop, sh boop

You'll be like that monkey
Get a little funky
And in a while
Start to smile
Gibbon half a chance

`Funky Gibran`
Miss Hepburn
20-10-2011, 01:07 PM
Sell bags of Tao Fortune Cookies in stores and leave the fortune out.
Those that return the bag didn't get the message and need further instruction.

Those that eat the bag without returning it are true Taoists.

Or maybe it was the way around...:confused:
RobinoftheMoor
20-10-2011, 04:02 PM
The silent Buddah with the crumbs on his robe is the Knower and the Future. She looks soooo much like Ms Hepburn....
Miss Hepburn
20-10-2011, 04:27 PM
The silent Buddah with the crumbs on his robe is the Knower and the Future. She looks soooo much like Ms Hepburn....


You're on my "I like him" list.
peteyzen
20-10-2011, 08:41 PM
no goodies fans on the site then, just gibran ones lol
RobinoftheMoor
22-10-2011, 06:05 PM
The faces I see in the shadows of the curtains are silent. Perhaps because they know I won't listen to THEM, either.
TzuJanLi
27-10-2011, 02:58 PM
Greetings..

The faces I see in the shadows of the curtains are silent. Perhaps because they know I won't listen to THEM, either.
The faces i see
are the faces of me
Exploring our infinity
We are many
And we are One
Figuring out
How it's done..

Be well..
RobinoftheMoor
30-10-2011, 05:30 PM
Threads and Posts filled with spiritual anguish: Replies howl with laughter.
Threads and Posts as offerings of gentle humor: Replies full of serious and learned food.
The Tao dances.
TzuJanLi
31-10-2011, 04:45 AM
Greetings..

Threads.... kinda says it all, aye?

Be well..
RobinoftheMoor
31-10-2011, 05:03 PM
Ahhh! A knowledge of All...
RobinoftheMoor
09-11-2011, 03:29 PM
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." Lao Tzu
bagua7
18-11-2011, 08:37 PM
Those who know don't speak, those who don't know talk a lot about it.
TzuJanLi
20-11-2011, 01:38 AM
Greetings..

Those who know don't speak, those who don't know talk a lot about it.
Welcome to the club of those who talk.. I was channeling LT (Lao Tzu) the other day, and he said, "What the hell was i thinking when i wrote that line, i screw-up one line out of 5,000 words in 81 chapters, and that's the one line everybody remembers.. go figure".. he's got a point..

Be well..
RobinoftheMoor
20-11-2011, 04:52 AM
Greetings..


Welcome to the club of those who talk.. I was channeling LT (Lao Tzu) the other day, and he said, "What the hell was i thinking when i wrote that line, i screw-up one line out of 5,000 words in 81 chapters, and that's the one line everybody remembers.. go figure".. he's got a point..

Be well..

I've always wished that gatekeeper hadn't asked him to write those verses...or, similarly, why did he agree to? (Didn't have toll money, I'm thinkin') It wasn't the beginning of the biggest misunderstanding in religion, but it has its moments. Of course, if this didn't exist, we'd probably have to be misunderstood in the Christian or Buddist forum or something.