Posted by Bob on September 19, 1999, at 16:18:50
In reply to Re: Books to heal by ..., posted by Noa on September 19, 1999, at 10:22:28
Recently, I finished reading Milan Kundera's "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". Nope, never saw the movie. Anyway, the book has a lot to offer in terms of kind of stepping outside the relationships going on and looking for their essences. Just like any contact with a different culture, this is one book that can help you take a different perspective than what you may be used to.
When I'm feeling really lost, and if I'm lucky enough to remember it, I pick up my copy of the Tao Te Ching, translation by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English. I've owned several different translations, but this is the one that speaks most to my heart. One favorite verse is #71:
Knowing ignorance is strength.
Ignoring knowledge is sickness.If one is sick of sickness, then one is not sick.
The sage is not sick because he is sick of sickness.
Therefore, he is not sick.
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