Tag: true-self
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The Manifestation Is Real, And It’s Meant To Be Used
The Tao is a hollow vessel, And its use is inexhaustible!Fathomless! Like the fountain head of all things, Its sharp edges rounded off, Its tangles untied, Its light tempered, Its turmoil submerged,Yet dark like deep water it seems to remain. I do not know whose Son it is, An image of what existed before God.…
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The Two Taos
The Four Eternal Models Before the Heaven and Earth existedThere was something nebulous: Silent, isolated, Standing alone, changing not, Eternally revolving without fail, Worthy to be the Mother of All Things.I do not know its name And address it as Tao.If forced to give it a name, I shall call it “Great.”Being great implies reaching…
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Why The Manifestation 2
When the people of the Earth all know beauty as beauty, There arises (the recognition of) ugliness.When the people of the Earth all know the good as good, There arises (the recognition of) evil. Therefore: Being and non-being interdepend in growth; Difficult and easy interdepend in completion; Long and short interdepend in contrast; High and…
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The Manifestation Exists, But Why?
On the Absolute Tao The Tao the can be told ofIs not the Absolute Tao;The Names that can be givenAre not Absolute Names. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth;The Named is the Mother of All Things. Therefore:Oftentimes, one strips oneself of passionIn order to see the Secret of Life;Oftentimes, one regards life…
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Christmas And The Tao
On the Absolute Tao The Tao the can be told ofIs not the Absolute Tao;The Names that can be givenAre not Absolute Names. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth;The Named is the Mother of All Things. Therefore:Oftentimes, one strips oneself of passionIn order to see the Secret of Life;Oftentimes, one regards life…
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How You And Your Life Will Change As You Proceed Along The Path
The Wise Ones of Old The wise ones of old had subtle wisdom and depth of understanding,So profound that they could not be understood.And because they could not be understood,Perforce must they be so described: Cautious, like crossing a wintry stream, Irresolute, like one fearing danger all around, Grave, like one acting as guest, Self-effacing,…
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How Do The Problems In The World Square With The Tao?
The Great Tao Flows Everywhere The Great Tao flows everywhere, (Like a flood) it may go left or right.The myriad things derive their life from it, And it does not deny them.When its work is accomplished, It does not take possession.It clothes and feeds the myriad things, Yet does not claim them as its own.Often…
Break Through to your true self 