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Author-ized L.J.<p>How wonderful is existence, to be one of the many emanations of a world always longing to know itself again whether in the skin of a frog, a rock, a rose, the sky, or me! We give and take and feel and think and breathe in all in our infinite variations and ever-living connectedness. Each of us has never been before and will never be again, and through us the world delights anew.</p><p>And what sweet, dark peace when this form, too, crumbles away, like a wave upon the rocks spraying back into the vastness it was always part of. What bone-deep surrender in relaxing back into the Oneness, releasing that lovely fleeting illusion of individuality like a butterfly that you may admire and enjoy, but never clutch in a crushing grip. </p><p>Bless the illusion that is life and the dream that is death! What is has always been and always will be. You are One and never alone, vaster than the limitations of your current form could ever dare to understand and you are forever. <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/TootEssay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootEssay</span></a> <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daoism</span></a> <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/mysticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mysticism</span></a></p>
philjreese<p>Be like the <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tao</span></a>. It can't be approached or withdrawn from, benefited or harmed, honored or brought into disgrace. It gives itself up continually. That is why it endures.<br>— Stephen Mitchell, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a>, Verse 56</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dao</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daoism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daoist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daodejing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laotzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laotzu</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laozi</span></a></p>
philjreese<p>The spirit of emptiness is immortal. It is called the Great Mother because it gives birth to Heaven and Earth. It is like a vapor, barely seen but always present. Use it effortlessly.<br>— J. H. McDonald, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a>, Verse 6</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dao</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tao</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daoism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/dodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dodejing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/wuwei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wuwei</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laozi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laotzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laotzu</span></a></p>
Bastian Kalkbrenner<p>„Allein unter Zithern gibt es eine ungeheure Vielfalt, aber allen ist gemein, dass unser aller Sinne und Seelen mitschwingen in ihrem Klang, ebenso wie uns alle die gleiche Luft verbindet, und wir alle ein Herz in uns tragen, das schlägt. </p><p>Musik ist mehr als Rauschen. Am Leben sein ist mehr als Existenz.“</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Vibramundi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vibramundi</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/penandink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>penandink</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/instrument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instrument</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/philosophie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophie</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daoism</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/zeichnung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zeichnung</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/manuscript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manuscript</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/zither" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zither</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/artbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artbook</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/noise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noise</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/cultureoflife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cultureoflife</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a></p>
philjreese<p>Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.</p><p>— Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 9</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daodejing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoteching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoteching</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daoism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daoist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taoism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoist</span></a> zi <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/LaoTzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaoTzu</span></a></p>
Cloudwalking Owl<p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/a-celibate-floats-uneasily-on-the?r=25q93&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/billhule</span><span class="invisible">t/p/a-celibate-floats-uneasily-on-the?r=25q93&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Sex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sex</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taoism</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daoism</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Celibacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celibacy</span></a></p>
Cloudwalking Owl<p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/the-dao-of-fear-and-anxiety?r=25q93&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/billhule</span><span class="invisible">t/p/the-dao-of-fear-and-anxiety?r=25q93&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taoism</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daoism</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Careers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Careers</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fear</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anxiety</span></a></p>
Cloudwalking Owl<p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/faith-and-the-dao?r=25q93&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/billhule</span><span class="invisible">t/p/faith-and-the-dao?r=25q93&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daoism</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faith</span></a></p>

I'm late to the game because I don't know what I'm doing, so a brief #introduction:

I take care of my disabled brother full-time and stress about it the rest of the time. When I have the capacity I like to read and think about #Zhuangzi, #Thoreau, #animism, and #indigenousknowledge like the work of Tyson Yunkaporta and VF Cordova. I also drink too much tea (#gongfucha), am a former classical and folk musician, and wish I could sit under more trees