Tag: face the world
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Confucius Analects – People have different paths – 孔子论语 – 道不同,不相为谋
15.15 People have different paths 子曰、道不同、不相為謀。 The Master said, ‘Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another.’ * * * Discussion: Despite of being connected, and sharing the same origin, we come here with different level of consciousness, and for different roles and purposes. Confucius said it is unrealistic to expect others…
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Dao De Jing 29 – Proper way/attitude to face the world
When one attempts to manipulate the world, I see him fails. The world is holy, it cannot be manipulated, whose attempt to manipulate it, fail; whose attempt to rule it, lost it. -> The world is a consequence of a multitude of factors, both within and without. How can one’s limited self, with all its…