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tadeas
Czech Republic
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 Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 3:47:59 PM
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The source is here: http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot....upidity.html
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Few people seem to have realized then, and even fewer realize now, that Lao Tsu’s Tao Te Ching is in fact an introductory textbook of systems thinking.
"The Book of Integral Process" is a good translation of the title.
Replace the early Chinese philosophical terminology with equivalent terms from systems theory and the point of the text becomes equally clear. Here’s chapter I:
A process as described is not the process as it exists;
The terms used to describe it are not the things they describe.
That which evades description is the wholeness of the system;
The act of description is merely a listing of its parts.
Without intentionality, you can experience the whole system;
With intentionality, you can comprehend its effects.
These two approach the same reality in different ways,
And the result appears confusing;
But accepting the apparent confusion
Gives access to the whole system.
It would be useful if somebody were to do a complete translation of the Tao Te Ching in systems language one of these days – though in saying that, I get the uncomfortable feeling that it’s probably going to be me.
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Not a completely yogic post this one, but I get the feeling that some people here might like it :) |
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Jean Pierre
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Posted - Feb 05 2011 : 11:13:20 AM
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Wow! I find the Archdruid blog fascinating, and this idea in particular feels tremendously exciting!! Tadeas, if you feel drawn to take on this project, I really, really hope you do it!! Namaste.  |
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