It is true that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments take place at those points where two different lines of thought meet. These lines may have their roots in different human cultures, different times, different cultural environments, or different religious traditions.

If they meet; if they are at least so much related to each other that a real interaction can take place, then one may hope that new and interesting developments may follow.

Werner Heisenberg

2.08.2011

TAO 45- Good News, Bad News

The greatest accomplishments seem imperfect,
yet their usefulness is not diminished.
The greatest fullness seems empty,
yet it will be inexhaustible.

The greatest straightness seems crooked.

The most valued skill seems like clumsiness.
The greatest speech seems full of stammers.

Movement overcomes the cold,

and stillness overcomes the heat.
That which is pure and still is the universal ideal.

There are days when the news is grim.
The sky is falling, the sky is falling.
War is eminent, the enemy unknown.

Snow piles up in Maine, Australia floods, the southwest burns.
Idiots rally the conspiracy theory that climate change is bunk.
Our best efforts seem doomed.

Gaia continues to process energy.
This is the unknown good news.




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