Peace

Something everyone wants, but is different for different people. Is it just the lack of external strife? Then surely the societies attempted by Hitler, Tito, Pol Pot and others would qualify. All conformity — everybody gets the same. (Except of course for those animals who are more equal than other animals!) We are not, by … Continue reading Peace

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DailyTao.org Thursday, 12 October, 2006 :: 56 Those who know don’t talk. Those who talk don’t know. Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity. Be like the Tao. It can’t be approached or withdrawn from, benefited or harmed, … Continue reading qotd

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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. — John Muir

As long as we're talking, we're … talking

Rick Moran, with a wonderful essay on the failings of negotiation in the past 100 years, with contemporary implications. Go read this while I get ready for another day of Dinosaur Jigsaw down at the museum… Right Wing Nut House » “AS LONG AS WE’RE TALKING, WE’RE NOT SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER” And yet, even … Continue reading As long as we're talking, we're … talking