The ancient Masters
didn't try to educate the people,
but kindly taught them to not know.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
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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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Dyer on 65, Be willing to proudly say to those in your charge, "I don't know." They will begin to let their highest selves be guided by the Great Way--Silent destiny at work. And, the first stanza of the Mitchell Tao reads but kindly taught them to not know. I wrote in my notes "Beginners Mind." As a Mother and teacher, I think I have to have the answers or need to act as if I have the answers. Reading the various interpretations of Tao chapter 65 opens my limited view to recognize the capability of my children and students. I know from experience that I learn when I have to learn. When they know that they don't know, people find their own way. I remember when I knew I didn't know how to be divorced. I did know anger and fear but these emotions gave no answers on how to live a new life. Twenty years later, I know the gift of this experience and Tao 65 sums it up quite nicely.
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