Malarkey for March 6, 2026
Tag: Tao Te Ching
[Crosspost] On Fear, Contradiction, and the Self
I’m not really a fan of Stoicism, but I haven’t really given it a fair chance, so I decided to download Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and Seneca’s Letters on Ethics. I have a tendency to cherry pick quotes for inspiration though, so I looked up some from Seneca.
Read More »Tao Te Ching, Chapter 31 – “The military is a tool of misfortune”
The Cycle of Violence – A Tao Perspective
Substance Before Surface
Failure is an opportunity
Patience
Tao Te Ching Passages relevent to our current time
The Real Warrior Mindset
Excellent warriors are not violent.
Excellent soldiers are not furious.
Excellent conquerors do not engage.
Excellent leaders of people lower themselves.This is called the virtue of no strife.
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 68
This is called the use of people’s capacity.
This is called the union with Heaven.
It is the perfection of the ancients.
[Cross-Post] Beyond Cleaning Your Room: Chaos, Clarity, and Self-Worth
Who would’ve thought that an AI-generated voice of Jordan Peterson would inspire me? At least, I think it’s AI—there are several videos of him discussing attachment theory, just like there are of Mel Robbins. I haven’t listened to him in years, not since I followed the alt-right. And yet, here I am, drawn back, not by ideology, but by something deeper—an idea that resonated.
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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