grievousangel

Day 2 of heady proverbs, expressions, concepts, and comments.

"The Aneristic Principle is that of ORDER, the Eristic Principle is that of DISORDER. On the surface, the Universe seems (to the ignorant) to be ordered; this is the ANERISTIC ILLUSION. Actually, what order is "there" is imposed on primal chaos in the same sense that a person's name is draped over his actual self. It is the job of the scientist, for example, to implement this principle in a practical manner and some are quite brilliant at it. But on a closer examination, order dissolves into disorder, which is the ERISTIC ILLUSION.

-Malaclypse the Younger, K.S.C.,
Principia Discordia



We shape clay into a pot,
but it is the emptiness inside
that holds whatever we want.

We hammer wood for a house,
but it is the inner space
that makes it livable.

We work with being,
but non-being is what we use.

-Tao Te Ching



Thanks to all for the suggestions and additions to yesterday's set. Feel free to contribute as you wish - it is far more interesting that way.

Y'all have a great day wherever you find yourselves (or, uh, non-selves).