De John Gray.
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O titulo alude a um dito do Tao Te Ching de Lao-Tzu. Ta na minha assinatura.
"Heaven and Earth are ruthless, and treat the myriad of creatures as straw dogs: the sage is ruthless, and treat the myriad of creatures as straw dogs...Is not the space between Heaven and Earth like a bellows?"
E concordo 100% com ele. Para a realidade, a existencia, o universo e a p.q.p.
somos todos cachorros de palha
Gray makes an explicitly Taoist move:
“In ancient Chinese rituals,” Gray writes, “straw dogs were used as offerings to the gods. During the ritual they were treated with the utmost reverence. When it was over and they were no longer needed they were trampled on and tossed aside.” That is our probable fate. He quotes Laotzu: “Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs.” If we don’t wipe ourselves out first, the cosmos may do it for us.
Religiosos, misticos e fas de auto-ajuda e Paulo Coelho nao se sentem a vontade com estas ideias, porque no cerne de 99% destas coisas esta a ideia de um pano de fundo antropomorfizado da realidade e do universo, que tem deus (ou deuses) que nos mimam, universos que conspiram ao nosso favor e finalismo/causuistica humana em tudo e para tudo.