Tag: sage
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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…
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Dao De Jing 27 – Interdependency of Sage vs. Layman
Those who master travelling leave no trace, -> When one has been to, and is everywhere, one cannot be traced or described by a particular trace. Those who master talking speaks no fault; -> They communicate perfectly and completely and therefore left no fault. Those who master counting need no tool; -> All is known…
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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.…