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TAO TE CHING of LAO TSU: TAO SIXTEEN
TAO TE CHING of LAO TSU: TAO SIXTEEN: Empty your mind of all thoughts Let your heart be at peace Watch the turmoil of beings, But contemplate their return. Each separate...
TAO TE CHING of LAO TSU: MONKEY PAW LUCKY HANDS: FIFTY-SIX
TAO TE CHING of LAO TSU: MONKEY PAW LUCKY HANDS: FIFTY-SIX: MONKEY PAW LUCKY HANDS: FIFTY-SIX : THE MYSTERIOUS EXCELLENCE One who knows doe not talk. One who talk does not know. Therefore the sa...
TAO FIFTEEN
The ancient masters were profound and subtle
Their wisdom was unfathomable.
There is no way to describe it;
All we can describe is their appearance.
They were careful
As someone crossing an iced-over stream.
Alert as a warrior in enemy territory.
Courteous as a guest.
Fluid as melting ice.
Shapable as a block of wood.
Receptive as a valley
Clear as a glass of water
Do you have the patience to wait
Till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?
The Master doesn't seek fulfillment.
No seeking, not expecting,
She is present, and can welcome all things.
LAO TSU
Their wisdom was unfathomable.
There is no way to describe it;
All we can describe is their appearance.
They were careful
As someone crossing an iced-over stream.
Alert as a warrior in enemy territory.
Courteous as a guest.
Fluid as melting ice.
Shapable as a block of wood.
Receptive as a valley
Clear as a glass of water
Do you have the patience to wait
Till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?
The Master doesn't seek fulfillment.
No seeking, not expecting,
She is present, and can welcome all things.
LAO TSU
TAO FOURTEEN
Look, and it can't be seen,
Listen, and it can't be heard
Reach, and it can't be grasped
Above, it isn't bright
Below, it isn't dark
Seamless, unnamable,
It returns to the realm of nothing.
Form that includes all forms,
image without image,
Subtle, beyond all conception.
Approach it and there is no beginning;
Follow it and there is no end.
You can't know it, but you can be it,
At ease in your own life.
Just realize where you come from:
This is the essence of wisdom.
LAO TSU.
Listen, and it can't be heard
Reach, and it can't be grasped
Above, it isn't bright
Below, it isn't dark
Seamless, unnamable,
It returns to the realm of nothing.
Form that includes all forms,
image without image,
Subtle, beyond all conception.
Approach it and there is no beginning;
Follow it and there is no end.
You can't know it, but you can be it,
At ease in your own life.
Just realize where you come from:
This is the essence of wisdom.
LAO TSU.
TAO THIRTEEN
Success is as dangerous as failure.
Hope is as hollow as fear.
What does it mean that success is a dangerous as failure?
Whether you go up the ladder or down it,
Your position is shaky.
When you stand with your two feet on the ground,
you will always keep your balance.
What does it mean that hope is as hollow as fear?
Hope and fear are both phantoms
That arise from thinking of the self.
When we don't see the self as self,
What do we have to fear?
See the world as yourself
Have faith in the way things are
Love the world as your self;
Then you can care for all things.
LAO TSU.
Hope is as hollow as fear.
What does it mean that success is a dangerous as failure?
Whether you go up the ladder or down it,
Your position is shaky.
When you stand with your two feet on the ground,
you will always keep your balance.
What does it mean that hope is as hollow as fear?
Hope and fear are both phantoms
That arise from thinking of the self.
When we don't see the self as self,
What do we have to fear?
See the world as yourself
Have faith in the way things are
Love the world as your self;
Then you can care for all things.
LAO TSU.
TAO TWELVE
Colors blind the eye.
Sounds deafen the ear.
Flavors numb the taste.
Thoughts weaken the mind.
Desires wither the heart.
The Master observes the world
But trusts his inner vision.
He allows things to come and go.
His heart is open as the sky.
LAO TSU.
Sounds deafen the ear.
Flavors numb the taste.
Thoughts weaken the mind.
Desires wither the heart.
The Master observes the world
But trusts his inner vision.
He allows things to come and go.
His heart is open as the sky.
LAO TSU.
TAO ELEVEN
We join spokes together in a wheel,
But it is the center hole
That makes the wagon move.
We shape clay into a pot,
But it is the emptiness inside
That holds whatever we want.
We hammer wood for a house,
But it is the inner space
That makes it livable.
We work with being,
But non-being is what we use.
LAO TSU.
But it is the center hole
That makes the wagon move.
We shape clay into a pot,
But it is the emptiness inside
That holds whatever we want.
We hammer wood for a house,
But it is the inner space
That makes it livable.
We work with being,
But non-being is what we use.
LAO TSU.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
TAO TEN
Can you coax your mind from its wandering and keep to the original oneness?
Can you let your body become supple as a new born child's?
Can you cleanse your inner vision until you see nothing but the light?
Can you love people and lead them without imposing your will?
Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course?
Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things?
Giving birth and nourishing having without possessing,
acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control.
This is the Supreme Virtue.
LAO TSU.
Can you let your body become supple as a new born child's?
Can you cleanse your inner vision until you see nothing but the light?
Can you love people and lead them without imposing your will?
Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course?
Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things?
Giving birth and nourishing having without possessing,
acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control.
This is the Supreme Virtue.
LAO TSU.
TAO NINE
Fill your bowl to the brim
and it will spill
Keep sharpening your knife
and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security
and your heart will never unclench.
Care about people's approval
and you will be their prisoner.
Do your work, then step back.
The only path to serenity.
LAO TSU.
and it will spill
Keep sharpening your knife
and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security
and your heart will never unclench.
Care about people's approval
and you will be their prisoner.
Do your work, then step back.
The only path to serenity.
LAO TSU.
TAO EIGHT
The supreme good is like water
which nourishes all things without trying to.
It is content with the low places that people disdain.
Thus it is like the Tao.
In dwelling, live close to the ground.
In thinking, keep to the simple.
In conflict, be fair and generous.
In governing, don't try to control.
In work, do what you enjoy.
In family life, be completely present.
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
LAO TSU.
which nourishes all things without trying to.
It is content with the low places that people disdain.
Thus it is like the Tao.
In dwelling, live close to the ground.
In thinking, keep to the simple.
In conflict, be fair and generous.
In governing, don't try to control.
In work, do what you enjoy.
In family life, be completely present.
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
LAO TSU.
TAO SEVEN
The Tao is infinite, eternal.
Why is it eternal?
It was never born;
Thus it can never die
It has no desires for itself;
Thus it is present for all beings.
The Master stays behind;
That is why She is ahead
She is detached from all things;
That is why she is one with them.
Because she has let go of herself,
She is perfectly fulfilled.
LAO TSU.
Why is it eternal?
It was never born;
Thus it can never die
It has no desires for itself;
Thus it is present for all beings.
The Master stays behind;
That is why She is ahead
She is detached from all things;
That is why she is one with them.
Because she has let go of herself,
She is perfectly fulfilled.
LAO TSU.
TAO SIX
The Tao is called the Great Mother
empty yet inexhaustible,
it gives birth to infinite words
It is always present within you.
You can use it any way you want.
LAO TSU.
empty yet inexhaustible,
it gives birth to infinite words
It is always present within you.
You can use it any way you want.
LAO TSU.
TAO FIVE
The Tao doesn't take side;
It gives birth to both good and evil.
The Master doesn't take sides
She welcomes both Saint and Sinners.
The Tao is like a bellows
It is empty yet infinitely capable.
The more you use it, the more it produces;
The more you talk to it, the less you understand
Hold on to the center.
LAO TSU.
It gives birth to both good and evil.
The Master doesn't take sides
She welcomes both Saint and Sinners.
The Tao is like a bellows
It is empty yet infinitely capable.
The more you use it, the more it produces;
The more you talk to it, the less you understand
Hold on to the center.
LAO TSU.
TAO FOUR
The Tao is like a well
Used but never used up.
It is like the eternal void:
filled with infinite possibilities.
It is hidden but always present.
I don't know who gave birth to it.
It is everlasting.
Used but never used up.
It is like the eternal void:
filled with infinite possibilities.
It is hidden but always present.
I don't know who gave birth to it.
It is everlasting.
TAO THREE
If you over esteem great men,
people become powerless.
If you over value possessions,
People begin to steal.
The Master leads by emptying people's minds
And filling their cones
By weakening their ambition
And toughening their resolve.
He helps people love everything.
They know, everything they desire,
and creates confusion in those who think that they know
Practice not doing
And everything will fall into place.
LAO TSU.
people become powerless.
If you over value possessions,
People begin to steal.
The Master leads by emptying people's minds
And filling their cones
By weakening their ambition
And toughening their resolve.
He helps people love everything.
They know, everything they desire,
and creates confusion in those who think that they know
Practice not doing
And everything will fall into place.
LAO TSU.
TAO TWO
When people see some things as beautiful,
Other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good,
Other things become bad.
Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy support each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low depend on each other.
Before and after follow each other.
Therefore the Master
Acts without doing anything
And teaches without saying anything
Things arise and She lets them go.
She has but doesn't possess,
Acts but doesn't expect.
When her work is done, she forgets it.
That is why it lasts forever.
LAO TSU.
Other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good,
Other things become bad.
Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy support each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low depend on each other.
Before and after follow each other.
Therefore the Master
Acts without doing anything
And teaches without saying anything
Things arise and She lets them go.
She has but doesn't possess,
Acts but doesn't expect.
When her work is done, she forgets it.
That is why it lasts forever.
LAO TSU.
TAO ONE
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The unnamable is the eternally real.
Naming is the origin of all particular things.
Free from desire, you realize the Mystery.
Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.
Yet mystery and manifestations
arise from the same source.
This source is called darkness.
Darkness within darkness
The gateway to all understanding.
LAO TSU.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The unnamable is the eternally real.
Naming is the origin of all particular things.
Free from desire, you realize the Mystery.
Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.
Yet mystery and manifestations
arise from the same source.
This source is called darkness.
Darkness within darkness
The gateway to all understanding.
LAO TSU.
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