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To: alt.philosophy.taoism From: zhoubu@ix.netcom.com(Miller Jew) Subject: Re: Question Date: 29 Feb 2000 19:35:40 GMT "Nathen"wrote: > >. ..if everything is changing, wouldn't that include the >validitity of Taoist philosophy? Hmmm.. Perhaps one of the most "central" 'axiom's in Taoist philosophy can help reconcile 'this and that' --> our 'hsin': Chuang Tzu --through 'hsin's heart-mind-mirroring-- proposes an alternative to this 'opposition'. It's this alternative "contained in the image of an axis at the center of the circle" (see also TTC/11/fn) or.. "hinge fitted into a socket"/fn1). Since our materialized languages rest on the notion of oppositions, Chuang-Tzu --whilst in a state of abstract ideation- - has to create images to match, or identify, with the objectively materialized languages. I.e. the meaning is that intent -> expressed (via image observing) in terms of the material aspect of our mind's multi-usage. "Only such images can cut through our normal patterns of thought with their inevitable employment of opposites. Chuang Tzu replaces our normal notions, then, with the image of an axis at the center of the circle or a hinge in a socket, something that moves continuously, that responds constantly AND YET IS CENTERED. The key idea is that of CENTERED responsiveness. The circle moves around an axis; the hinge moves smoothly in its socket. They do not stand FOR THIS AND AGAINST THAT; rather they respond FROM A CENTER to whatever occurs.." --para & quotes from Oshima/ fn3./ my caps/z Hope that helped, -Zhou fn: "Thirty spokes share one hub to make a wheel. Through its non-being (wu), There is (yu) the use (yung) of the carriage... --TTC/11/ tr. Chen fn1: "..so in fact, does he still have a "this" or "that"? Or does he in fact no longer have a "this" and "that"? A state in whih "this" and "that" no longer find their opposites is called the hinge of the Way. When the hinge is fitted into a socket, it can respond endlessly. Its right then is a single endlessness and its wrong too is a single endlessness. So I say, the best thing to use is clarity." -- (the) Chuang Tzu/ sec 2/ Discussions on Making All Things Equal"/ tr. Watson. fn3: "H.H.Oshima" on "The Concept of Mind"/ from "Experimental Essays on Chuang Tzu"/ Mair, ed.
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