DianeHeather™ (Diane...

DianeHeather™ (DianeHeather)

DianeHeather™ (DianeHeather)
  • Updated:October 29, 2009 11:17 pm
  • Last visit:September 9, 2013 1:11 pm
  • Member Since:May 5, 2002 4:30 pm
Originally Scotland, presently, Los Angeles area
Female
February 1
Aquarius (Jan 19-Feb 18)
Small Business/Home Business
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mahatma Gandhi
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5'8"
For what?
Green
Blondish
Fabulous
Scottish
Erect
What time?
2 dogs, Oliver (Ollie) & Charlotte (Charlie) and 2 cats, Hannah-Belle & Sydney
The how of Pooh? The Tao of who? The Tao of Pooh!... in which it is revealed that one of the world's great Taoist masters isn't Chinese, or a venerable philosopher, but is in fact none other than that effortlessly calm, still, reflective bear. A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.

While Eeyore frets
and Piglet hesitates
and Rabbit calculates
and Owl pontificates
Pooh just is.

And that's a clue to the secret wisdom of the Taoists.

"What's this you're writing?” asked Pooh, climbing onto the writing table.

“The Tao of Pooh,” I replied.

“The how of Pooh?” asked Pooh smudging one of the words I had just written.

“The Tao of Pooh,” I replied, poking his paw away with my pencil.

“It seems more like the ow! of Pooh,” said Pooh, rubbing his paw.

“Well, it's not,” I replied huffily.

“What's it about?" asked Pooh, leaning forward and smearing another word.

“IT'S ABOUT HOW TO STAY HAPPY AND CALM UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES!" I yelled.

“Have you read it?” asked Pooh.

That was after some of us were discussing the Great Masters of Wisdom, and someone was saying how all of them came from the East, and I was saying that some of them didn't, but he was going on and on, just like this sentence, not paying any attention, when I decided to read a quotation of Wisdom from the West, to prove that there was more to the world than one half, and I read:

“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"

"What's for breakfast?" said Pooh.

"What do you say, Piglet?" asked Pooh.

"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.

Pooh nodded thoughtfully, “It's the same thing," he said.
 

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Dr. David Hawkins, Krishnamurti, Ken Wilber, Absalom
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Italy, Canary Islands, Scotland
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