@Meaningness @sarahdoingthing Lao Tzŭ said:
"Tao produces a thing; Tê maintains it." – "Tao Tê Ching," 51.
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing Chuang Tzŭ said: "That which things get in order to live is called Tê." – Chapter XII.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing The opposite of perturbation, relaxation toward an attractor, the integral of chi over time2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing I love the image of ∫χdt , but I’m not quite sure what it means. I suppose cuz I’m not sure what chi is.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing I was free-associating. I'm not sure what it means either!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing Chi is a very complicated (and at least partly incoherent) concept! The original root meaning is 'breath'.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing Partly mistranslated as 'energy' it was responsible for a lot of 70s nonsense.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing But it's also essential in many martial arts, and in that context refers to something objectively real.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing Te is traditionally translated as 'virtue', but a better translation is 'integrity'. Or 'antifragility'.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing To bring this down a few steps on the abstraction ladder, consider "one-point" http://www.bodymindandmodem.com/Basics/one.html1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@Meaningness @sarahdoingthing Also cool ki (chi) tricks http://www.bodymindandmodem.com/CoolKi/CoolKi.html … have done, can confirm real
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