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For lack of a better phrase I have been ignoring my Taoist studies since I broke my foot. While this is what it is, neither good nor bad, I have felt a renewed desire to do some more reading and thinking as of late. One of my biggest issues is if I will truely be ready for the death of.a loved one, especially my dad. I tell myself the proper things and sometimes even find myself actually believing them, but who knows what will happen when it finally happens. Like most things, however, I found comfort unexpectantly:
"The master had preached for many years that life was just an illusion. Then when his son died, he wept. His students came to him and said, 'Master, how weep when ypu have told us so many times that all things in this life is but an illusion?'
'Yes', said the master, wiping away a tear, 'but what a beautiful illusion!"
-Chuang Tzu
"The master had preached for many years that life was just an illusion. Then when his son died, he wept. His students came to him and said, 'Master, how weep when ypu have told us so many times that all things in this life is but an illusion?'
'Yes', said the master, wiping away a tear, 'but what a beautiful illusion!"
-Chuang Tzu