Author: Larry

Tao Te Ching 9th Verse Thoughts

To keep on filling is not as good as stopping.  Overfilled,the cupped hands drip, better to stop pouring. Sharpen a blade too much and its edge will soon be lost.  Fill yourhouse with jade and gold and it brings insecurity. …

Tao Te Ching 8th Verse Thoughts

The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things withouttrying to.  It flows to low places loathed by all men.  Therefore, it islike the Tao Live in accordance with the nature of things. In dwelling, be close tothe land. …

Tao Te Ching 7th Verse Thoughts

Heaven is eternal – the earth endures.  Why do heaven and earth last forever?  They do not live for themselves only.  This is the secret of their durability For this reason the sage puts himself last and so ends up…

Tao Te Ching: 6th Verse Thoughts

The spirit that never dies is called the mysterious feminine Although she becomes the whole universe, her immaculate purity is never lost.  Although she assumes countless forms, her true identity remains intact. The gateway to the mysterious female is called…

Tao Te Ching: Verse 5 Thoughts

Heaven and earth are impartial; they see the 10,000 things as straw dogs.  The sage is not sentimental; he treats all his people as straw dogs The sage is like heaven and earth:  To him none are especially dear, nor…

Tao Te Ching: Fourth Verse Thoughts

The Tao is empty but inexhaustible, bottomless, the ancestor of it all. Within it, the sharp edges become smooth; the twisted knots loosen; the sun is softened by a cloud; the dust settles into place. It is hidden but always…

Tao Te Ching: Third Verse Thoughts

Putting a value on status will create contentiousness. If you overvalue possessions, people begin to steal.  By not displaying what is desirable, you will cause the people’s hearts to remain undisturbed The sage governs by emptying minds and hearts, by…

Tao Te Ching: 2nd Verse Thoughts

Under Heaven all can see beauty as beauty, only because there is ugliness.  All can know good as good only because there is evil Being and nonbeing produce each other.  The difficult is born in the easy.  Long is defined…