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Thread #32419 Message #426909
Posted By: GUEST,g3(intruder) at work
27-Mar-01 - 05:42 PM
Thread Name: Non-Music...Non-BS: You know who you are
Subject: RE: Non-Music...Non-BS: You know who you are
UTOPIA
Let your community be small, with only a few people;
Keep tools in abundance, but do not depend upon them;
Appreciate your life and be content with your home;
Sail boats and ride horses, but don't go too far;
Keep weapons and armour, but do not employ them;
Let everyone read and write,
Eat well and make beautiful things.
Live peacefully and delight in your own society;
Dwell within cock-crow of your neighbours,
But maintain your independence from them.
mouse, the translation you quoted is a nearly deliberate attempt to conceal the core of the Tao.
this is spoken as an observation and not a judgement.