I Read the Tao-te Ching

The philosophy behind the Tao-te-Ching is difficult to understand but once you can grasp the concept of it, it can only be a fountain of wisdom and knowledge. I'll post the whole book over the next couple of days.

Page 1

The Tao that...

What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher?
What is a bad man but a good man’s job?
If you don’t understand this, you will get lost,
However intelligent you are.
It is the great secret.
Do you have examples that you have found...

I carry this book with me sometimes

Verse II
Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness.
All can know good as good only because there is evil.
Therefore having and not having arise together.
Difficult and easy complement each other...

Verse III
Not exalting the gifted prevents quarreling.
Not collecting treasures prevents stealing.
Not seeing desirable things prevents confusion of the heart.
The wise therefore rule by emptying hearts and stuffing bellies, by...

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Failure is an opportunity.
If you blame someone else,
there is no end to the blame.
Therefore the Master
fulfills her own obligations
and corrects her own mistakes.
She does what she needs to do
and demands nothing of others.
I...

Chapter 70

My teachings are easy to understand
And easy to put into practice.
Yet your intellect will never grasp them,
And if you try to practice them, you’ll fail.

My teachings are older than the world.
How can you grasp their...

True perfection seems imperfect,
yet it is perfectly itself.
True fullness seems empty,
yet it is fully present.
True straightness seems crooked.
True wisdom seems foolish.
True art seems artless.
The Master allows things to happen...

 
 
 
 
Verse VI
The valley spirit never dies;
It is the woman, primal mother.
Her gateway is the root of heaven and Earth.
It is like a veil barely seen.
Use it; it will never fail.
 ...

I have heard a story. Once he was going from one town to another on his donkey. A messenger from the emperor came and told Lao Tzu, "The emperor has heard about you and he would like you to become a part of his court. He needs wise men...

I thought I would share... although there is one image that came with what I copied here, I am not sure if it will show up.. but what is said is enlightening.. 

The Path to Enlightenment

Simply speaking, Tao is the Universal...

Although the Tao can be said to be contained within
the Tao Te Ching, the method of it's practice clearly
is not. Here are few insights into practice.
"The Tao of spiritual alchemy is none other than the Tao

of the I Ching, the Tao...

I do not speak Chinese, so do not consider this original work a translation. It is my interpretation after reading several translations and studying each character. It is poetry of Dao and De. 

Heaven and Earth are not...

I do not speak Chinese, so do not consider this original work a translation.  It is my interpretation after reading several translations and studying each character.  It is poetry of Dao and De.
The way which can be a way, is...

I have read it over and over again, it’s nice it so short I can get through it very quickly. I almost always find some new way of seeing things each time I read it. I guess that’s how wisdom literature works.
 ...

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