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I am sorry Mr Confucius
I have broken the world
It fell apart into ten thousand pieces
of a crystal glass
It dissolved into ten thousand grains
of a dry sand castle
It frayed into ten thousand threads
of a silk cloth
Words became sounds with no meaning
Hugs turned into meaningless sensations
Faces changed into mute colours
The terrifying truth of deep reality
The loneliness of complete unification
The old sages lied
There is no peace in truth
You were right Mr Confucius
The woman's job is to weave
Mar 8, 2018
Mar 8, 2018 at 3:06 AM UTC
A masterful One hearing of the Tao
immediately begins to embody it.
An average One hearing of the Tao
half believes it and half doubts it.
A foolish One hearing of the Tao
laughs out loud, and yet
should fools not laugh,
it wouldn't be the Tao!
Thus t'is writ:
The path into the light seems dark,
the path forward seems to go back,
the direct path seems long,
true power seems weak,
true purity seems tarnished,
true steadfastness seems changeable,
true clarity seems obscure,
the greatest seem unsophisticated,
the greatest love seems indifferent,
the greatest wisdom seems childish.
The Tao is nowhere to be found,
yet it nourishes and completes all things.
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Jan 8, 2016
Jan 8, 2016 at 1:56 AM UTC
The sage had no mind of his own
He is aware of the needs of others
The sage is shy and humble
All things arise from Tao
They are nourished by nature
The beginning of the universe
Is the mother of all things
Keep your mouth shut
Guard the senses
Using the outer light
Return to insight
What is firmly established cannot be uprooted
Cultivate virtue in yourself
His bones are soft
His muscles weak
But his grip his strong
It is not wise to rush about
If too much energy is used
Exhaustion follows
Those who know do not talk
Those who talk do not know
Jun 5, 2015
Jun 5, 2015 at 1:50 PM UTC
He who stays where he is endures
To die but not to perish
Is to be eternally present
The great Tao flows everywhere
It fulfills its purpose silently
And makes no claim
It nourishes the 10,000 things
And yet is not their lord
The 10,000 things return to it
Yet it is not their lord
It does not "show" greatness
And is therefore truly great
All men will come to him
Who keeps to the One
It cannot be seen
It cannot be heard
And yet, it cannot be exhausted
Soft and weak
Overcome hard and strong
Tao abides in non action
Yet nothing is left undone
Without form there is no desire
Without desire
There is tranquility
And in this way
All things will be at peace
The truly good man is not aware of his goodness
And is therefore good
A truly good man does nothing
And leaves nothing undone
When a truly kind man does something
He leaves nothing undone
The sky is whole and clear
The earth is whole and firm
The spirit is whole and strong
The clarity of the sky prevents it's falling
The firmness of the earth prevents its splitting
The strength of the spirit prevents its being used up
Therefore the humble is the root of the noble
The low is the foundation of the high
May 31, 2015
May 31, 2015 at 2:50 PM UTC