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Hmmm. It would seem that I've been chosen as Set designer/Crew head for the play. Imagine how amazed I am. Never expected that. Anyway. Irvine, as I've said, I'd be honored to work with you on the set. As I would with anyone else to wants to help out. I'm pretty sure we could try, but not make all the sets by ourselves. Any takers?
Anyway. In other news, I abhor being human sometimes. Needless emotions and wasteful thoughts. I certainly don't need them. Especially if they're like this all the time. What's the use? They only serve to confuse, hurt, and depress people, myself, amazingly, included. I dislike feeling this way. Perhaps there's some sort of potion or something I can take, and then they'll stop. The overriding one is... a profound sadness. I know its cause, but I'm confused as to why it lingers. I've come to terms with said cause already, so I've been expecting it to disappear. Wonder why it hasn't.
In other news, I found a copy of the Tao Teh Ching yesterday. I find that the sayings do make a lot of sense, especially this one:
By not exalting the talented, you will cause the people to cease from rivalry and contention.
By not prizing goods hard to get, you will cause the people to cease from robbing and stealing.
By not displaying what is desirable, you will cause the peoeple's hearts to remain undisturbed.
Therefore, the Sage's way of governing begins by
Emptying the heart of desires
Filling the belly with food
Weakening the ambitions
Toughening the bones.
In this way he will cause the people to remain without knowledge and without desire, and prevent the knowing ones from any ado.
Practice Non-Ado, and everything will be in order.
For some reason, that makes a lot of sense to me. I should practice the first two-- emptying the heart of desires and filling the belly with food. I haven't been eating well lately, and it's made me feel rather volatile and ill. Hopefully this isn't a side-effect of when I blanked out.
Ah, I've found another that makes sense. I think I might add one or two of these wisdoms with each of these... erm.. post-things that I type.
What is in the end to be shrunken,
Begins by being first stretched out.
What is in the end to be weakened,
Begins by being first made strong.
What is in the end to be thrown down,
Begins by being first set on high.
What is in the end to be despoiled,
Begins by being first richly endowed.
Herein is the subtle wisdom of life:
The soft and weak overcomes the hard and strong.
Just as the fish must not leave the deeps,
So the ruler must not display his weapons.
Interpret those how you will, I find them to be rather... helpful, at the moment.
Anyway. In other news, I abhor being human sometimes. Needless emotions and wasteful thoughts. I certainly don't need them. Especially if they're like this all the time. What's the use? They only serve to confuse, hurt, and depress people, myself, amazingly, included. I dislike feeling this way. Perhaps there's some sort of potion or something I can take, and then they'll stop. The overriding one is... a profound sadness. I know its cause, but I'm confused as to why it lingers. I've come to terms with said cause already, so I've been expecting it to disappear. Wonder why it hasn't.
In other news, I found a copy of the Tao Teh Ching yesterday. I find that the sayings do make a lot of sense, especially this one:
By not exalting the talented, you will cause the people to cease from rivalry and contention.
By not prizing goods hard to get, you will cause the people to cease from robbing and stealing.
By not displaying what is desirable, you will cause the peoeple's hearts to remain undisturbed.
Therefore, the Sage's way of governing begins by
Emptying the heart of desires
Filling the belly with food
Weakening the ambitions
Toughening the bones.
In this way he will cause the people to remain without knowledge and without desire, and prevent the knowing ones from any ado.
Practice Non-Ado, and everything will be in order.
For some reason, that makes a lot of sense to me. I should practice the first two-- emptying the heart of desires and filling the belly with food. I haven't been eating well lately, and it's made me feel rather volatile and ill. Hopefully this isn't a side-effect of when I blanked out.
Ah, I've found another that makes sense. I think I might add one or two of these wisdoms with each of these... erm.. post-things that I type.
What is in the end to be shrunken,
Begins by being first stretched out.
What is in the end to be weakened,
Begins by being first made strong.
What is in the end to be thrown down,
Begins by being first set on high.
What is in the end to be despoiled,
Begins by being first richly endowed.
Herein is the subtle wisdom of life:
The soft and weak overcomes the hard and strong.
Just as the fish must not leave the deeps,
So the ruler must not display his weapons.
Interpret those how you will, I find them to be rather... helpful, at the moment.