I get where you are going. Life is meaningless, billions of years later we will cease to exist. The Ancient people thought about this same question. Even if life were meaningless, what do you imply then? Your actions will be without consequences? and if so that mindset breeds corruption and disorganization.

Life just goes on. Asking if life is meaningless; Which is more meaningless, the question itself or life ?

generic helpful comment: life is meaningless, it is your responsibility to make it meaningful. Happy times.

Passiveness in Taoism does not mean to be at rest, or quiet. It´s a different meaning.

Non-action action in real example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jXXWBt5URw — DiegoT

Explain why it is a real example to you. What are your thoughts on this video?

What I get from this statement is that, you are implying that "Non-action action" means influencing through the arts of beauty and music. Or something like that.

By all means, what is passiveness ?

— Valentinus

The form of education being presented presumes something else than the teacher is at work when you learn those skills — Valentinus

This implies we have innate knowledge, and that we are not learning but in fact remembering. Is that right?

"The softest thing in the universe
Overcomes the hardest thing in the universe.
That without substance can enter where there is no room.
Hence I know the value of non-action." ...

and what follows is the one I mentioned. I think I understand it now. It is only suited for particular situations. I had the wrong assumption that it was a sort of quote that leads to some other grand objective truth.


I haven't got a clue in what you're saying


Replacement of resources ? . What resources are we referring to?
"taken for a brief moment as someone who could show you something you do not know that "I" see you do not know" I don't understand this confusing sentence so I have to ask you to put it in simple terms. It is confusing and contradicting. I assume if you truly understand what you're saying, it would require no effort to put it in simple terms. Why would "I" (the one you are referring to as you) never learn what you are doing? Do you suggest that information is only available through the effort of "I"? And any information learned from you is only information learned from "I".