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#PięćPrzemian #PięćSmaków #KuchniaChińska #Tao
Czy #umami to #smak #ostry, czy po cichu zostały podmienione? Czy może od początku polskie źródła to źle tłumaczyły?
Ale kuchnia taoistyczna ma te 2000 lat z hakiem, a smak umami odkryto oficjalnie dopiero w 20. wieku.
To jak to jest?
“What works reliably is to know the raw silk, hold the uncut wood. Need little, want less. Forget the rules. Be untroubled.”
— Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula K. Le Guin
#BudBudTheSpud #Tao #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfTheFediverse #Catstodon #CatLovers #CatAppreciators #Humane #Rescue
“What works reliably is to know the raw silk, hold the uncut wood. Need little, want less. Forget the rules. Be untroubled.”
— Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula K. Le Guin
#BudBudTheSpud #Tao #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfTheFediverse #Catstodon #CatLovers #CatAppreciators #Humane #Rescue
This made me think. We are mutual Followers, your posts appear in my timeline, but I did not see them. I follow some 800 accounts, so this is unavoidable. The timeline is always full, and even if one attends to it regularly (as I do), posts come and go before you know it.
Is that necessarily bad?
I do try to manage the flow through lists and such, actively looking out for posts in certain areas, but ultimately the flow is the flow.
I realise that we must cherish this randomness, not regret it.
I carefully select whom I follow, so I can trust my timeline. I dip into the timeline when I am free, all posts are from trusted friends (or their boosts). I enjoy the posts i see, I engage with them and let things happen.
Inevitably I will miss posts, possibly important posts. That is not a weakness of the process, it is a sign of the richness of the flow. An abundance of trusted messages.
We must enjoy and celebrate the randomness.
“Be completely empty. Be perfectly serene. The ten thousand things arise together; in their arising is their return.
Now they flower, and flowering sink homeward, returning to the root.”
— Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way - Le Guin
#TheDivineQueen #Tao #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfTheFediverse #Catstodon #CatLovers #CatAppreciators #Humane #Rescue
"Once upon a time, I, Zhuang Zhou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhou. Soon I awakened, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man." - #Zhuangzi, Ch 2 tr Burton Watson
#dao #tao #daoism #taoism #zhuangzhou #ChuangTzu #doist #taoist
The ancient Masters were profound and subtle.
Their wisdom was unfathomable.
There is no way to describe it;
all we can describe is their appearance.
They were careful
as someone crossing an iced-over stream.
Alert as a warrior in enemy territory.
Courteous as a guest.
Fluid as melting ice.
Shapable as a block of wood.
Receptive as a valley.
Clear as a glass of water.
Do you have the patience to wait
till your mud settles and the water is clear?
“Holding fast to the old Way, we can live in the present.
Mindful of the ancient beginnings, we hold the thread of the Tao.”
— Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula K. Le Guin
#TheDivineQueen #Tao
Great straightness seems twisted. Great intelligence seems stupid. Great eloquence seems awkward.
— Gia-Fu Feng, #daodejing, Verse 45
#dao #daoism #daoist #laozi #tao #taoism #taoist #laotzu #taoteching
Can you coax your mind from its wandering
and keep to the original oneness?
Can you let your body become
supple as a newborn child's?
Can you cleanse your inner vision
until you see nothing but the light?
Can you love people and lead them
without imposing your will?
Can you deal with the most vital matters
by letting events take their course?
Can you step back from your own mind
and thus understand all things?
Giving birth and nourishing,
“Who can by stillness, little by little make what is troubled grow clear?
Who can by movement, little by little make what is still grow quick?”
— Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula K. Le Guin
#MissMorgenMagic #Tao #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfTheFediverse #Catstodon #CatLovers #CatAppreciators #Humane #Rescue
@Sam@hear-me.social@csilverman
This lovely picture reminds me of the Tao...
Tao Te Ching Chapter 42
Trans. by J H McDonald
"The Tao gave birth to One.
The One gave birth to Two.
The Two gave birth to Three.
The Three gave birth to all of creation.
All things carry Yin
yet embrace Yang.
They blend their life breaths
in order to produce harmony."