Talk:Religion/@comment-26018514-20190513193528/@comment-35434444-20190516172828

@ChishioKunrin

Very astute observation. Mistral seems to have been directly inspired by classical Chinese civilization and philosophy. Living in harmony with nature is in many ways the central tenant of Taoism. (If it had things like tenants.) Ohm seems to have been more on the up and up in that respect than was apparent.

Unfortunately, while your own hypothesis in this regard is the best I've seen around here, there's a snag.

The Taoist master Nan-ch’üan was once asked how one accords with the Tao and he said, “By intending to accord you immediately deviate.”

The reason for this is that trying to come into harmony with nature implies that one is not already in harmony with nature, which is impossible because nature is what there is.

Even the grimm, whose sole desire is to destroy everything, are part of the whole process. Whether people let the wind carve homes for them or level the landscape into rows of Starbucks cafes stretching from horizon to horizon, the result is always natural even if we call it artificial.

To ask mankind to improve itself is a non-sequiter. It can't be done. Mistral has discovered this. It's the secret behind Djin's smile.

So what do you think the gods really want? The god of light said so himself that life and death exist in a critical balance. How are light and darkness, good and evil, harmony and discord, any different?