Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.
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Layer upon layer
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.
Study Group Contac: Lissa Lord:lissalord@gmail.com
Tao in WordLayers
Layer upon layer
Knowing the onething
ReplyDeleteYou can know everything.
With no ego buttons,
I have not buttons to push.
(hard to remember, lol)
Taking care of your needs requires strength. Yet, when you come to the point of thought that you are sick and tired of being sick and tired then no matter what stands in your way of being “in Tao” you move beyond the pain into solution—“ mastering yourself is true power.” It is when you decide this, that you are not going to stay in a rotten state of being, a spark catches fire and the wheels squeak into forward drive and you realize that the solution, Tao, is already here--you travel around the circle and find it so. And you see that, yes, this is exactly where you have always wanted to be. You are full. “If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. “
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