When taxes are too high,
people go hungry.
When the government is too intrusive,
people lose their spirit.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
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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.
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Tao in WordLayers
Layer upon layer
I understand that the reading of the Tao requires one to dive under the words to find the application that speaks your truth. Here, John Bright-Fey's translation takes me to remember my own needs first. Then I can give to others. Intuition knows that this is the only way to give wholly to those who need my help. Even while giving to others I am lead by my soul which joins all into one.
ReplyDeleterequiting the bodymind killers
takes too much energy
and starves you for living
a starving bodymind rebels and acts unruly
knowing it cannot easily die
it makes you sick, heavy, and anxious
attempting to grab your attention
entreating you to listen to its cries
a living bodymind asks you to get out of its way and let it live