[Profpat]

Good morning world, I'm going to have a Tao day today.

R.P.: Thank God the universe only has a surface.

Nobody: My mind is so twisted its like a mobius strip, tied in a knot, with a lot of black holes.

Back to the steps. Since we live in a quanta world, would those little steps ever end? It may be that the straight line doesn't exist. Pretty twisted huh?

What I wanted to do here was to reintroduce the texts R.P. mentioned at the beginning of this Thread.

I have 4 favorites, which I'll list now with their English definition.

Tao Te Ching ( The way of Life, sometimes defined as, The way of Power )

I Ching ( Book of Changes )

Bible:
Torah (Teaching, instruction, scribe, or law )
Gospels ( Good News )

Bhagavad-Gita ( As It Is )

Now a couple of quotes from the Gita specifically for Michael and MJA.

Chapter 5 vs 4 ( for Michael )
" Only the ignorant speak of karma yoga and devotional service as being different from the analytical study of the material world.
Those who are actually learned ( you Michael ) say that he who applies himself well to one of these paths achieves the results of both."

And for MJA Chapter 5 vs 18 & 19. ( You are going to like this MJA )
"The humble sage sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog eater."( vs 18 )

" Those whose minds are established in sameness and equanimity have already conquered the conditions of birth and death. They are flawless like Brahman, and as such they are already situated in Brahman." ( vs 19 )

Best to all,

Pat