R: For me, reading this book has taken a completely different route than when I read "The Tao of Pooh". As I mentioned this before this may be due to myself feeling slightly less stressed about school and such at this point in time. When I am not bogged down by the worry that I wont complete things I'm able to understand the author's words more clearly. I am finding myself looking for positive applications to his words and examples rather than trying to figure out why they are flawed. All of this has led me to finally realize my feelings on the content of these two books. I believe that taoism is a wonderful and achievable state of mind but in order to reach this you must first practice a number of non-taoist like principles. As I mentioned in the previous blog I don't believe it's possible to create items for everyday use until you have gone through rigorous theories that may not always be applicable in everyday life. I also believe that you can't just become a relaxed easy going person with out going through the stressful process of organizing a schedule. I don't know I suppose I still have mixed feelings on the two stories but I at least am currently able to enjoy the book rather than throw it down in frustration due to being the busy body Hoff gives such a bad name. I think I've finally come to terms with the fact that it's okay to just sometimes let things happen and go with the natural flow of things because really no matter how hard you push in the other direction reality sets in. I guess it's just our job to make the most of these situations and try to have a good attitude about it and figure out a positive response. Either way I've been able to enjoy this book more which has been something really nice for me.
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