Comments for transformations http://cmbryan.com/blog life in flux Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:00:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Tao Te Ching, Chapter 41 by Kevin http://cmbryan.com/blog/?p=1062&cpage=1#comment-264 Kevin Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:00:58 +0000 http://cmbryan.com/blog/?p=1062#comment-264 "When a superior man hears of the Tao, he immediately begins to embody it." And yet if the man recognizes he has begun to embody it, remembers this verse and infers his superiority, then I guess he loses it? This does seem to be the same anthropological insight that James Alison and Rene Girard find in the gospels - that our desires enslave us in rivalry of constantly suppressed violence, and the only way to break the cycle is to renounce the setting of ourselves over-and-against others. If it is a true understanding of the human condition, of sin as we would say in Christianity, it would be strange if no-one else had understood the nature of the problem. “When a superior man hears of the Tao, he immediately begins to embody it.”

And yet if the man recognizes he has begun to embody it, remembers this verse and infers his superiority, then I guess he loses it?

This does seem to be the same anthropological insight that James Alison and Rene Girard find in the gospels – that our desires enslave us in rivalry of constantly suppressed violence, and the only way to break the cycle is to renounce the setting of ourselves over-and-against others. If it is a true understanding of the human condition, of sin as we would say in Christianity, it would be strange if no-one else had understood the nature of the problem.

]]> Comment on A new chapter in spirit by sandy http://cmbryan.com/blog/?p=1124&cpage=1#comment-260 sandy Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:14:41 +0000 http://cmbryan.com/blog/?p=1124#comment-260 You will never rest, and you will never find "home" until you pitch your tent in the building site that God has chosen for His dwelling place. You will never properly mature as a Christian, you will never fit into any other environment, and you will never find that which matches your inward parts until you take that step....Frank Viola You will never rest, and you will never find “home” until you pitch your tent in the building site that God has chosen for His dwelling place. You will never properly mature as a Christian, you will never fit into any other environment, and you will never find that which matches your inward parts until you take that step….Frank Viola

]]> Comment on Tao Te Ching, Chapter 39 by The Rambling Taoist http://cmbryan.com/blog/?p=1058&cpage=1#comment-256 The Rambling Taoist Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:17:03 +0000 http://cmbryan.com/blog/?p=1058#comment-256 If each and every one of us became centered and balanced, their would be no ecological crisis. As you well state, the collective problems we face find their origins in each of us. If each and every one of us became centered and balanced, their would be no ecological crisis. As you well state, the collective problems we face find their origins in each of us.

]]> Comment on My life as a composer: a confession by cmbryan http://cmbryan.com/blog/?p=1113&cpage=1#comment-255 cmbryan Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:56:23 +0000 http://cmbryan.com/blog/?p=1113#comment-255 Hi Edd, don't know if you remember me, but we have met. I'm in York as well. Isn't it paradoxical that contemporary music, which so often seems to evoke feelings of uncertainty, doubt and questioning, requires composers to purge themselves of those traits to survive professionally? Thanks for reading, hopefully see you around sometime. Hi Edd, don’t know if you remember me, but we have met. I’m in York as well. Isn’t it paradoxical that contemporary music, which so often seems to evoke feelings of uncertainty, doubt and questioning, requires composers to purge themselves of those traits to survive professionally?

Thanks for reading, hopefully see you around sometime.

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