CHAT: Taoism (was Re: CHAT: Re: Philip Glass Knockin'

On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 14:42:41 -0400, Y H Lee wrote:


>  > The Sufis are essentially the Taoists of Islam.
>
>  I must learn more about them.  :-)  Though I don't agree with parts of
>  its philosophy, the _Tao Teh Ching_ is a marvelous read for relaxation.
>
There are many varieties of Taoism (philosophical, mystical,
religious/popular, shamanistic, devotional, and "contemporary/scientific" as
well as the _Gung Chi_ and _Gung Fu_ schools... even a Southern Californian
surfer version - hence the popularity of the Tai-Chi symbol which they call
the Yin-Yang... and in England there is an occult movement/school of thought
called Chaos Magik that is somewhat influenced by certain mystical forms of
popular Taoism).

I fall in the grey area between "contemporary/scientific" and _Gung Fu_
Taoism and I am sympathetic to the California Surfer Taoism and the Chaos
Magik varieties as well.

czHANg



"Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a
brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish to the
crowd."
- from the _I Ching_





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