Putting a value on status will create contentiousness. If you overvalue possessions, people begin to steal. By not displaying what is desirable, you will cause the people’s heart to remain undisturbed. The sage governs by emtying minds and hearts, by weakening ambitions and strengthening bones. Practice not doing…. When actions is pure an selfless everything […]Read Post ›
Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty, only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil. Being and nonbeing produce each other. The difficult is born in the easy. Long is defined by short, the high by the low. Before and after go along with each other. […]Read Post ›
“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield.” —Lao-Tzu
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Tao is both named and nameless. As nameless it is the origin of all things; as named it is the Mother of 10 000 things. Ever desireless, one can see the mystery; […]Read Post ›
