Good Tao Dude

[digbys kid]

and digby's kid too. A+

Thanks, man... just publish at your leisure, and we'll keep plugging away until all 81 are done

[Laughing Dude]

56

Who understands does not preach;
Who preaches does not understand the new shit that will come to light.

Reserve your judgments and words;
Smooth differences and take it easy;
Keep your mind limber and simplify your purpose;
Accept the world.

Then,
League play and Vietnam,
Profit and loss,
Bagmen and Pornographers,
Will not affect you;
The world will accept you.

[digbys kid]

11. Wealth and Worth
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Twenty Grand, man, when the beeper beeps;
Because there is no literal connection.
Dirty undies, the Whites;
Because the ringer cannot look empty.
Just slip the rent under my door;
Because this is a private residence, man.
Thus it's the foundation's money,
Your Father doesn't have any.

[DirtDude]

10. Dudeness
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Embracing in abiding, you become embraced.
Supple, breathing gently, you can roll a strike.
Clearing your mustache, you become clear.
Nurturing your beloved, you can take it easy.
Opening your heart, you become tied together.
Abiding with the World, you embrace the eternal dude.

Bowling and abiding,
Creating caucasians but not owning a rug,
Giving without demanding ransom,
Controlling without being a real reactionary,
This is dudeness.

[DirtDude]

fucking fabulous stuff, man. the dudespaper will be honored to publish them when you're ready.

the dirt dude rules the earth!

thanks dude! I see you understand the dirt metaphor... the earth is made of dirt and the world abides.

For anyone who wants to join in writing dudeisms: digbys kid and I have just been copying the text from a verse at http://mars.superlink.net/~fsu/tao2.html, pasting it into a reply, and then altering a few words to keep up with the parlance of the dude. Loosely try to keep it in order so it is easier to tie together.

hey digbys kid, what do you think of The Dude Tai Chi-ng - A Book of Dudeisms?

[DirtDude]

12. Beverages
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Too much Kahlua blinds the vodka
Too much vodka deafens the milk
Too much milk dulls the beverage
Too much beverage maddens the mind
Too much coitus tears the heart.

An oat soda provides for the belly, not for the senses;
It helps to let go of sensation and simply abide.

[DirtDude]

13. The Bar
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The Stranger said: "I like your style dude;
Sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes the bar, wal, he eats you."

"I like your style dude"
He takes it easy, and you know that he will.

"Sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes the bar, wal, he eats you."
For, without the Bar, neither fortune nor disaster can befall.

Therefore:
He who regards the World as the Bar is able to abide with the World;
He who loves the World as the Bar is able to nurture his dudeness.

[DirtDude]

11. Wealth and Worth
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Twenty Grand, man, when the beeper beeps;
Because there is no literal connection.
Dirty undies, the Whites;
Because the ringer cannot look empty.
Just slip the rent under my door;
Because this is a private residence, man.
Thus it?s the foundation?s money,
Your Father doesn?t have any.

digbys kid... I just want to say that, on a personal level, I'm a really big fan of this dudeism. Verse 11 looked difficult man

[Lone dude]

14. anxiety

The dude said: "You can?t be worried about that shit;
Yeah I gotta rash."

"Would you just take it easy, man!?
For you are not wrong you?r just an asshole.

"The ringer cannot look empty"
For, with the whites, they will not receive the money.

Therefore:
He who belives in nothing is exhausted;
He who abides the carpet pissers is able to be house broken.

[Lone dude]

oops that was 13 didn't mean to step on any toes sorry Dirt Dude

[DirtDude]

oops that was 13 didn't mean to step on any toes sorry Dirt Dude

there's no line in the sand here dude. There can be multiple dudeisms for a verse, and we can just let the editors at dudespaper worry about all the strands and what-have-you when they tie it together.

[DirtDude]

14. The Continuity of the Dude
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Looked at but cannot be seen - it is a worthy fucking adversary;
Listened to but cannot be heard - it is stonewalling little brat;
Grasped at but cannot be touched - it floats off in the distance;
These depthless things evade proper nomenclature,
And blend into a complicated case.

In its rising new shit comes to light,
In its falling darkness washes over,
A continuous blathering beyond description,
Drawing a line in the sand,
It does not split hairs,
It is a ringer for a ringer,
Its name has no literal connection,
Westward the wagons,
Across the sands of time.

Abide the past, and abide the present;
In this way you know the continuity of the Dude,

[digbys kid]

Thanks for the props, Dirt Dude!  Your stuff is great too, especially the most recent ones, which I looked at and found very, very challenging.

As a title, I like the Tao Dude Ching, which I believe translates as "The Book of the Dude's Way".

[digbys kid]

15. The Bowling Team
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The Bowlers had understanding
So profound
That you?re out of your element.

Because you are not hip to all this new shit,
I can only describe their appearance:
Good men and thorough, they aren?t rolling out of here naked,
Brilliant, like a Swiss fucking watch,
Dark, like a steer?s tuckus on a moonless prairie night,
Genuine, like someone who gives a shit about the rules,
Empty, like a Folger?s Can,
Opaque, like a White Russian.

He who can take it easy while the pins fall,
And abide until the mind is limber
Does not seek fulfillment in the square community
And makes the Finals.

[SmokeytheBuddha]

Thanks for the props, Dirt Dude!  Your stuff is great too, especially the most recent ones, which I looked at and found very, very challenging.

As a title, I like the Tao Dude Ching, which I believe translates as "The Book of the Dude's Way".

"Tao Dude Ching". That's awesome.

And those are good verses, Walter.