Chapter 6 – The Divine Feminine The Valley Spirit never dies. It is named the Mysterious Female. The gate of the Mysterious Female Is the root of heaven and earth. It is continuous and seems to be always existing. Use it and you will never wear it out. A picture, they say, is worth aContinue reading “CHAPTER 6 – THE DIVINE FEMININE”
Monthly Archives: June 2013
CHAPTER 5 – STRAW DOGS
Chapter 5 – Straw Dogs Heaven and earth are not humane: The 10,000 things are straw dogs to them. Sages are not humane: People are straw dogs to them. Yet heaven and earth And all the space between are like a bellows: Empty and inexhaustible, Always producing more. Longwinded speech is exhausting. Better to stayContinue reading “CHAPTER 5 – STRAW DOGS”
CHAPTER 4 – GOD AND THE LEXICOGRAPHERS
Chapter 4 – God and the Lexicographers Tao is empty (like a bowl), It may be used but its capacity is never exhausted. It is bottomless, perhaps the ancestor of all things. It blunts its softness, It unties its tangles. It softens its light. It becomes one with the dusty world. Deep and still, itContinue reading “CHAPTER 4 – GOD AND THE LEXICOGRAPHERS”
CHAPTER 3 – 1984 AND THE MEADOW BEYOND
Chapter 3 – 1984 and the Meadow Beyond Placing one person above another encourages competition. Collecting rare things causes theft. Openly displaying valuable possessions causes desire and disturbs the mind. The sage eases people’s hearts by reinforcing one’s true center, Weakening ambition And strengthening character. The sage encourages people to live simply without desire andContinue reading “CHAPTER 3 – 1984 AND THE MEADOW BEYOND”