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Verse 45 "The School of Paradox"

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Much of Tao te Ching teaches us how to hear and experience Tao. To this end, we need to remove our mental interferences and filters that act to weaken or neutralize the experiencing of Tao. This Verse 45 teaches such removal, by helping us to embrace the Paradoxical and the Ambiguous. We start with the Rolling Stones and end with guest Mattie Miller-Decker's beautifully phrased question on how Taoist paradox and Buddhist Original Mind are complements. Mattie is at https://www.hidasta.com/. May your days begin in peace, and become wombs for radical hope! Marc Mullinax - [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-mullinax/message

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