Tag: center
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Dao De Jing 26 – Fallacy of lightness
Weight is the root of lightness, stillness is the ruler of recklessness. -> In the phenomenal world, weight anchors lightness. In the spiritual world, stillness (in and of the center) persists over recklessness. Therefore the Sage at all times stay centered at the weighted wagon. Although in luxury and glamour, (he) remain transcended and nonattached.…
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Dao De Jing 23 – Welcoming wind and rain
If one would make few speech and stay natural, wind will not blown for whole morning, and rain will not last for whole day. What is like this? The sky and earth. If even the sky and earth could not last (stay in a state) forever, what would be the case for man? -> Even…
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Dao De Jing 16 – Going back to emptiness and stillness
Reach the end of emptiness, abide in the end of stillness. Things manifest, i see coming and going. -> Emptiness here refers to reality beyond form. Stillness here refers to reality beyond mind. When one realizes this reality, one sees things coming and going, fully aware, but not affected by them. Despite of diversity, things all…
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Dao De Jing 14 – Formless and timeless nature of the Dao
Look but could not see, is called ‘Yi’; Listen but could not hear, is called ‘Xi’; Grasp but could not get, is called ‘Wei’. These three qualities alone could not provide an accurate description (of the Dao), therefore we blend them together as one. -> The Dao cannot be seen, cannot be heard, cannot be touched. Its upper part…