Gary-
>Just to put you straight, I think Mr. Booth was paraphrasing the following ...

I became familar with the Tao de Ching...the Stephen Mitchell translation--after I'd read others paraphrasing Jim. I have no idea whether Jim knows the Tao. But, I think it's easily discoverable just by living on newsgroups and having participated in a beta or been under non-disclosure *sigh*.

>Taois. Not Boothism.

Have you ever met Jim? I wouldn't be surprised if he _is_ Buddha. *g*