The Tao can’t be perceived.
Smaller than an electron,
it contains uncountable galaxies.
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She finds deep in her own experience the central truths of the art of living, which are paradoxical only on the surface: that the more truly solitary we are, the more compassionate we can be; the more we let go of what we love, the more present our love becomes; the clearer our insight into what is beyond good and evil, the more we can embody the good. Until finally she is able to say, in all humility, "I am the Tao, the Truth, the Life." S. Mitchell
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell, Harper & Row, 1988. In keeping with copyright law only the chapter under study is fulltext. All other chapters show only the first stanza.
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Tao in WordLayers
Layer upon layer
This will be my new prayer; that all powerful people get centered in the Tao.
ReplyDeleteThe Bright-Fey translation of 32 ends: "despite what your dividing mind says remind yourself that you are always home." This thought is one to refer to when in difficult times. To remind myself that I am always home puts thinking mind in a place of defining home which is always where I belong, my rightful place. I am here by the choice of remembering myself, or not. Home is not always comfortable but it is always mine and set within a boundary of safety. When at home I can be who I am, the best friend, the core person. The Mitchell translation includes, "knowing when to stop, you can avoid any danger." The outside world is not "home" and I can pull back at any moment to return to the center of conscious peace and silence. ". . .you can avoid any danger.” Any danger. Not just “a” danger or “the” danger but “any” danger. “All things end in the Tao. . .” Home.
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