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bagua,

lao tzu’s opinion, from the first line of the tao te ching:

“the tao that can be spoken about is not really the tao.”

would seem to be that anything that can be called the tao is not reality or the tao, no matter what method is used or where one “takes” things from.

why be upset about the idea of tao immortals?

if they don’t exist, then there’s no reason to be bothered.

if they do exist, but you don’t want to experience them,
then they surely would not intrude upon your experience,
so again, what could bother you?

if one part of you wants to interact with tao immortals but another part doesn’t, the you might be bothered,

but not by tao immortals but by the tension between conflicting desires within yourself.

perhaps one part of you wants to BE a tao immortal, while another part does not.

then the argument over whether or not immortals exist would really be the battle over whether or not you should become one…

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