The Mystery of Earth
Earth is thick, broad, boundless. Insofar as it is empty above and substantial below, myriad beings are born from it; insofar as it is substantial above and empty below, myriad beings return to the root. Now empty, now substantial, it lasts forever with heaven. Its body is still, its function flows; mountains manifest its wonderful substance, rivers reveal its spirit.
By its substance it supports being, by its spirit it gathers consciousness. Without spirit there is no substance, without substance there is no spirit. Spirit is active, substance receptive; substance acts through spirit. Emptiness and substaniality interact and balance each other, subtly combining into one whole.
Taoists who master understanding of this principle combine the qualities of firmness and flexibility; as emptiness and substantiality produce one another, they penetrate the mystery of earth. Also, by understanding the basis of this, creativity and receptivity are established in their proper places, and the great elixir of life is made.
--Sayings Of Ancestor Lu
Good luck to those of you who feel earth has overcome your spirit. Blessed be.
Earth is thick, broad, boundless. Insofar as it is empty above and substantial below, myriad beings are born from it; insofar as it is substantial above and empty below, myriad beings return to the root. Now empty, now substantial, it lasts forever with heaven. Its body is still, its function flows; mountains manifest its wonderful substance, rivers reveal its spirit.
By its substance it supports being, by its spirit it gathers consciousness. Without spirit there is no substance, without substance there is no spirit. Spirit is active, substance receptive; substance acts through spirit. Emptiness and substaniality interact and balance each other, subtly combining into one whole.
Taoists who master understanding of this principle combine the qualities of firmness and flexibility; as emptiness and substantiality produce one another, they penetrate the mystery of earth. Also, by understanding the basis of this, creativity and receptivity are established in their proper places, and the great elixir of life is made.
--Sayings Of Ancestor Lu
Good luck to those of you who feel earth has overcome your spirit. Blessed be.
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astrokreep23:
wait five or six game sessions and it'll just be "damned" 
pihka:
I agree. When Im grown up enough (that wont happen, but lets pretend), Ill be rich enough (that wont be likely to happen either, but lets still pretend some more) to buy that big old mansion in the countryside, or better still, somewhere next to the waterfront, on the seaside. Hey, Ill have an island of my own. Yes, thats it.