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Stories of Wisdom - November 2006

Knowledge and The Dao

November 9th 2006 17:23

One day, a man named knowledge was on his way to the north when he ran into a fellow named can't say, he asked, "Excuse me, could you tell me how to think in order to understand the dao(Absolute Truth), how to act in order to live at peace in the dao, and how to attain the dao?". "I can't say, i can't say, i can't say", and Mr Can't say left him.

Not getting an answer, knowledge continued on to the south side of the white river, where he ran into absurd. "Pardon me, i'd like to ask you a few questions. Namely, how to understand the dao, how to live at peace in the dao, and how to attain the dao?"
"I know...and i'd like to tell you...but, darn it, i forgot what i was going to say."
Still unable to get an answer, knowledge went to see the yellow emperor.
"Don't consciously think, and you'll understand the dao. Don't consciously act, and you'll live at peace in the dao. Don't consciously try, and you'll attain the dao", said Yellow Emperor.
"Okay, now you and i know this, but why is it that can't say and absurd don't know?"
"Oh, there you are mistaken! They DO know! Can't say is one with the dao, and absurd isn't far away. It is you and i who still have a long ways to go.

The man named knowledge was of the realm of words, while absurd was of the realm of language without words, and can't say was of the realm of no mind, no words. The dao cannot be understood through words alone.

---Zhuangzi: The Music Of Nature---

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