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= [[Tao Te Ching]], 1 =
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The Way that can be experienced is not true;
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The world that can be constructed is not real.
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The Way manifests all that happens and may happen;
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The world represents all that exists and may exist.
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To experience without abstraction is to sense the world;
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To experience with abstraction is to know the world.
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These two experiences are indistinguishable;
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Their construction differs but their effect is the same.
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Beyond the gate of experience flows the Way,
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Which is [[ever greater and more subtle than the world]].
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= A song, by Fastball =
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they made up their minds and they started packing
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they left before the sun came up that day
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an exit to eternal summer slacking
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but where were they going without ever knowing the way?
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they drank up the wine and they got to talking
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they now had more important things to say
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and when the car broke down, they started walking
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but where were they going without ever knowing the way?
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anyone can see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
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and it's always summer, they'll never get cold
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they'll never get hungry
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they'll never get old and gray
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you can see the shadows wandering off somewhere
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they won't make it home, but they don't really care
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they wanted the highway, they're happier there today, today
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the children woke up and they couldn't find them
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they left before the sun came up that day
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they just drove off and left it all behind them
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but where were they going without ever knowing the way?
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anyone can see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
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and it's always summer, they'll never get cold
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they'll never get hungry
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they'll never get old and gray
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you can see the shadows wandering off somewhere
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they won't make it home, but they don't really care
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they wanted the highway, they're happier there today, today
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<[[Brennen]]> When this song saw massive radio play, I was in the throes of my first [[Babylon 5]] experience. I could never quite escape associating that with the "shadows" line, and so maybe I have a greater affection for the tune than I ought. Still, good song.
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