Is the "it" in Nicoll's piece related to the "Predator's Mind" as Castaneda relates? Seems so. Both are STS. It's good to remember that our minds can and do fool us as Laura mentioned more than once.
This is from the Tao Te Ching:
This is from the Tao Te Ching:
There is a bigger game afoot than worrying too much about 'things'. I don't think we stop our 'internal dialog' all at once, perhaps more like a gradual process, where things are "continuously dropped from the island of the Tonal."Thirteen
Accept disgrace willingly.
Accept misfortune as the human condition.
What do you mean by "Accept disgrace willingly"?
Accept being unimportant.
Do not be concerned with loss or gain.
This is called "accepting disgrace willingly."
What do you mean by "Accept misfortune as the human condition"?
Misfortune comes from having a body.
Without a body, how could there be misfortune?
Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things.
Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things