Monthly Archives: March 2007

Forty-One – The Average Student

The wise student hears of the Tao and practices it diligently. The average student hears of the Tao and gives it thought now and again. The foolish student hears of the Tao and laughs aloud. If there were no laughter, … Continue reading

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Forty – From Nothing

Returning is the motion of the Tao. Yielding is the way of the Tao. The ten thousand things are born of being. Being is born of not being. Halfway. At the midpoint of the Tao Te Ching, we come again … Continue reading

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Thirty-Nine – Wholeness

In Thirty-Nine, Lao Tsu begins with one of his parallel lists. The lists are bound together by the idea of wholeness – the Oneness of the Tao. Heaven, Earth, Spirit, The Valley, The Ten Thousand Things, and the Rulers all … Continue reading

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