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  • From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Wu Wei, Taoism
  • Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 05:35:38 -0400

On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 12:09 AM, ChildrensPeaceGuild via permaculture <
permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

> Not sure if this is part of a larger thread I missed but, at any rate, I
> find it fascinating.
> Certainly can be related to permaculture. After all, Masanobu Fukuoka was
> fond of Wu Wei concepts and (in)actions and drew from it's source.
>

It was a random find and a rare one. I knew about Taoism but not Wu Wei.
Thanks for the connection to Fukuoka. This explains some of his concepts
that I thought were strangely radical.
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*Fukuoka san's comment in an interview where Fukuoka san, Bill Mollison and
Wes Jackson were present: "The confusion started when humans ate the Fruit
of Knowledge. Adam and Eve were thrown away from the Garden of Eden. The
only way to get back is to throw away the knowledge! Just become foolish
like a bird or baby."*
<>
Lao Tsu said, "If you're living in the past, you're depressed. If you're
living in the future, you're anxious. If you're living in the present, you
are at peace."
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*All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is
everything. What we think we become. Buddha*




--
Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lfljvenaura@gmail.com
https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared




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