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. …
Category: Lao Tzu
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: 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…
Tao Te Ching – First Verse Thoughts
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Tao is both named and nameless. As nameless it is the origin of all things; as named…
Living “Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life” by Wayne Dyer
Wayne Dyer wrote “Change Your Thoughts-Change Your Life – Living the Wisdom of the Tao” where he read, analyzed and meditated on different interpretations of the Tao-Te Ching. He then wrote an essay for each of the 81 versus…