tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post2996363242070244507..comments2024-03-27T20:10:46.984-07:00Comments on The Rambling Taoist: Wen Tzu - Verse 178, Part IThe Rambling Taoisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-12371352043996175112010-04-24T21:12:10.671-07:002010-04-24T21:12:10.671-07:00We are most often afraid of the dark side of life ...We are most often afraid of the dark side of life because we fear pain. That's natural. What we forget, though, is that there is value in pain. When we fail to look for that value, we fail to see the gift the pain has brought us, and it remains unopened.<br /><br />Thanks for the post, RT.<br /><br />H. K.HK Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08218522475926750437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-45164508317886861842010-04-23T18:57:13.915-07:002010-04-23T18:57:13.915-07:00I think the reason why it seems counter intuitive ...I think the reason why it seems counter intuitive is that few people have the intellectual honesty to admit that darkness/evil/negativism has as much a place in Reality as goodness and light: In fact all qualities are defined in terms of their opposite. So good and Evil are not two different things, they are two different points on the continuuum of Good/evil. <br /><br />masterymistery at <a href="http://cosmic-rapture.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">cosmic rapture</a>masterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.com