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"Original Simplicity" is Stupidity/Confusion... Mr. Prophet?

Earl Brown · Sunday, March 30th 2014 at 6:03PM · 700 views


LIFE is simple. Being is simple. The universe is simple. Complexity arises in ignorance and self-delusion. The "Original Simplicity" of Lao-tze is a term expressive of the universe as it is, and not as it appears. Looking through the woven network of his own illusions, man sees interminable complication and unfathomable mystery, and so loses himself in the labyrinths of his own making. Let a man put away egotism, and he will see the universe in all the beauty of its pristine simplicity. Let him annihilate the delusion of the personal "I," and he will destroy all the illusions which spring from that "I." He will thus "re-become a little child," and will "revert to Original Simplicity."

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Jen Fad Sunday, March 30th 2014 at 9:12PM

Nice.

Earl Brown Sunday, March 30th 2014 at 9:26PM

Helloo Jen F! So nice to finally see you.... lol. Really, thanks and it's good to see you.

Jen Fad Sunday, March 30th 2014 at 10:12PM

Same here!

MIISRAEL Bride Sunday, March 30th 2014 at 10:45PM

Ditto.

Earl Brown Sunday, March 30th 2014 at 11:05PM

Hi Miisrael!

powell robert Monday, March 31st 2014 at 12:27PM


So true

as simple as a drop of liquid and earth combined

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