#Taoists

[an-unanonymous-messenger]

If we believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we will too go through it and rise to the glory of God. Sounds discouraging, right? I get it, because we know how much the Lord had to suffer through to get it all finished (John 19:30), but it shouldn't be, since it is to the good prepared for those believing. God wants all of us to repent and believe in Him (2 Peter 3:9), but He won't force it upon us. Rather He will give us a chance until death to repent and start following His Will. Some believe that it is by going to church, reading the Bible, and praying, that one becomes a believer; but it is not the case. Some can do all these things and still not be the believers Hod calls us to be. If we are to follow Him, it must be in Spirit and Truth (John 4:24), which is through having a personal relationship with Him. This is how we get to knowing Him personally, and in this way can we be assured that we have eternal life. Let us turn to Jesus Christ today and start our walk with Him into the promise He keeps for all. Bless you in the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour! Amen. :)

[eleemosynecdoche]

Reviewing the Taoists and associates:

Toyosatomimi no Miko: Would have invented the Blahaj if she knew what a plushy was.

Mononobe no Futo: Asuka period's biggest little hater.

Soga no Tojiko: Asuka period's most valiant midboss.

Kurokoma Saki: World's only horse who can laugh like Beavis and/or Butthead.

Kaku Seiga: She tries harder.

Yoshika Miyako: How can she write poetry with that talisman on her face?

Hata no Kokoro: Doesn't want to be associated with that deadbeat.

[a-contemplative-soul]

It's indeed a interesting concept to think about, what society believes as the ideal life is not necessarily the absolute truth, since we don't have any clear proof that proves such a thing. I don't think having no ambition according to society standards equals passivity, it's actually the opposite, because you are not simply accepting anything as the truth, you are showing you know how to fight for your ideals.

Channel: Einzelgänger

Video: Why It's Ok to Be a Loser | Taoist Philosophy for the Unambitious, Failures and Nobodies

Year: 2024

[the-shifting-long]

[chronussy-bc]

OMG just found out that Shiki is 29 years old. It means that when the Taoist war happened she was already 4. No wonder why her memories of the war kinda clear.

[thecalminside]

Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner.

-Lao Tzu

[journeytothewestresearch]

A Catalog of the Monkey King’s Magic Powers and Skills

I am happy to announce that I've finished my 177-page catalog of Sun Wukong's powers from all 100 chapters of Journey to the West. Fans of Lego Monkie Kid and Black Myth: Wukong, fanfiction writers, and artists will certainly find it useful.

[sinoheritage]

Hua shan (Mount Hua) 华山 is a mountain located near the city of Huayin in Shaanxi Province, east of Xi'an (Chang’an).

It is the "Western Mountain" of the Five Great Mountains of China, and has a long history of religious significance. The supreme deity of Mount Hua is Xiyue Dadi 西岳大帝 “the great emperor of the western summit”

The route up the mountain has been called one of the most dangerous hikes in the world.

[megmahoneyart]

Like I said, I don't have the bandwidth to do a daily art challenge this October, but that I'd do /some/ mxtxtober. And I HAD to do prompt 4: Wine Bottle 👀

[yebreed]

Mythological Realism: Elemental Dragons

Four-color coiled dragons on the pillars of the Supreme Talisman (Taifu) Temple (太符觀).

The dragons are painted in the colors of the primary elements, embodying the archetypal creative forces. In Chinese religious art, almost any concept can be expressed in the language of dragons.) Their children, descendants and relatives frolic on the temple walls among curly clouds.

In view of the striking liveliness, I would classify these images as mythological realism.)

Since its construction in the fifth year of the Jin dynasty (1200), the temple has been repeatedly expanded and supplemented with new buildings over the centuries. Most of the surviving statues are from the Ming dynasty.

The Supreme Talisman Temple is located in Fenyang (汾陽), Shanxi.

Photo: ©故尔耳

[an-unanonymous-messenger]

Salvation awaits all who repent and turn to Jesus Christ, being baptised in His Name and following Him throughout this earthly life. Yes, this sounds so annoying, since you have heard this too many times, but did you ever think about why Him? It is because we have all sinned, and can do nothing to make up for it - no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how many prayers we pray, no matter how many times we go to church. There is nothing we can do to earn our salvation. But Jesus did, and He lived perfectly in God's Word to achieve it. It was Him as the only One Who lived perfectly and sinlessly in God's Word, Who died without any real crime, bled completely for our sins, and rose again on the third day after His death. He lived an impossibly perfect life and Has paid the price we all owe. He is our Advocate for salvation, and whoever turns to Him receives the pardon from the judgment and a place in the Kindgom of God. Will that be you today? I pray it is, and that your name would be written in the Book of Life for the eternal life awaiting all who repent. Bless you in the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour! Amen.

[tarisilmarwen]

Frankly all Acolyte did was confirm my long-standing suspicion that a lot of anti-Jedi people are projecting their issues with God/religion onto the Jedi and reacting to that rather than responding to anything the Jedi actually do in-narrative.

[sideblogdotjpeg]

ive been thinking about the red string superstition recently and also sol bufo always and it makes me sick how uncannily caldwell tanner has made sol to perfectly target me personally

(+ cropped versions !)

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

DARK TAOIST POPE

by Kevin Glint

[tigerbears]

Watched a video to see the other ending in Nine Sols, (got the true ending) and after seeing people misunderstand why the true ending is the good one, I made this meme.

Elaboration below on why the Normal Ending isn't good.

There's no guarantee there's a cure for the Tianhuo virus (all attempts to make one only made things worse) so the Solarians might be trapped in the Soulscape forever.

And like, doing the math the Soulscape requires... A LOT of brains. We see the Peach Blossom Village send three to be sacrificed, the harvest is every two years, and they are apparently the 95th "livestock pen."

Sure maybe the amount sent varies every year and we don't know if the other pens have similar harvest times, but this at least suggests that over the last 500 years, around 71,000~ humans have been killed and harvested to keep the Soulscape running.

(Probably even more, seeing as the Peach Blossom Village is just the 95th "livestock pen.")

TL;DR, in the "normal ending" all Yi does is keep a few humans as "pets" while the rest are still regularly harvested. Preserving the Solarians requires the blood of countless human generations.

[demonic-shadowlucifer]

hi christians and muslims and jews and pagans and wiccans and hindus and buddhists and sikhs and shintoists and taoists and jainists and people of other religions and athiests and agnostics are all holding hands dancing and picking flowers together and just having a fun silly time because we're all siblings in arms :)