David Carradine was my childhood hero. In Junior High School I would watch the old kung fu movies with my grandfather everyday after I did my homework. I was amazed by everything about the character: the wise things he said, the way he carried himself, how he was so humble and kind...
Yet he also died from masterbatory strangulation. Such a stark contrast to his tv character!
Many of the things that were said in the old kung fu TV shows are directly from the Tao Te Ching. It is so easy to say them- and I think that is a big problem. Anyone can just say wise things, and forget that what is said is merely a label for the experience that created it. So if you take the wise label, and attribute it a meaning, anyone can sound profound. It takes someone saying something shocking, (such as in a zen koan), to give new life to the words that are describing. That is the key to "Argument". Two people can be saying two seemingly radically different things- and yet they are living within a mutual experience that surpasses their labels (belief systems) without doing them injustice.
Yet he also died from masterbatory strangulation. Such a stark contrast to his tv character!
Many of the things that were said in the old kung fu TV shows are directly from the Tao Te Ching. It is so easy to say them- and I think that is a big problem. Anyone can just say wise things, and forget that what is said is merely a label for the experience that created it. So if you take the wise label, and attribute it a meaning, anyone can sound profound. It takes someone saying something shocking, (such as in a zen koan), to give new life to the words that are describing. That is the key to "Argument". Two people can be saying two seemingly radically different things- and yet they are living within a mutual experience that surpasses their labels (belief systems) without doing them injustice.
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