Any Taoists here?

I am a bit of a desert tao.

Kickass.

I've studied just a little bit, enought to know the core philosophy. I like it.

Yay!.. that's cool..what have you read?

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Im reading the works of Chuang-Tzu now. Donno if I'd call myself a Taoist having just barely investigated Taoism myself, but even at such a cursory glance its appealed to me greatly. Any recomendations on book or anything I might wanna check out to get a better idea?

If you have not read the Tao Te Ching.. I would recomment that highly

Will do, lemme jot it down for my Borders run tomorow.

i know nothing about taoism, but it would be interesting to hear more about it

I read the tao of Pooh (the bear) which is an allagorical exploration of the philosophy and zen..i think i'm naturaly that way inclined anyway...i'm the uncarved block head.

If you'd like Jord.. I could start ranting on about it for you?..

Go for it!!

I've read the tao of pooh too. That is about the extent of my contact with taoism.

I would love to hear you "rant on about it" though, Lazarus.

I find some of Lao-Tzu's paradoxes a little clumsy and he's rather consevative in his beliefs but some of the sentiments are beautiful.

My favorite chapter is Tao 33, the Virtue of discrimination.

One who knows others is clever but one who knows himself is enlightened.

One who Conquers others is powerful but one who conquers himself is mighty.

I have read about it and some ideas are good, but as Gandhi said- religions are just differnt roads to a same place...

http://www.religioustolerance.org/taoism.htm

try this link hope it helps.