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Daily Tao

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
May 20, 2024 in Beijing

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The Book of The Way, Day by Day

Sunday, 19 May, 2024 | 71​

Not-knowing is true knowledge.
Presuming to know is a disease.
First realize that you are sick;
then you can move toward health.

The Master is her own physician.
She has healed herself of all knowing.
Thus she is truly whole.
 

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
DailyTao.org
The Book of The Way, Day by Day

Thursday, 23 May, 2024 | 75​

When taxes are too high,
people go hungry.
When the government is too intrusive,
people lose their spirit.

Act for the people's benefit.
Trust them; leave them alone.
 

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
DailyTao.org
The Book of The Way, Day by Day

Friday, 24 May, 2024 | 76​

Men are born soft and supple;
dead, they are stiff and hard.
Plants are born tender and pliant;
dead, they are brittle and dry.

Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible
is a disciple of death.
Whoever is soft and yielding
is a disciple of life.

The hard and stiff will be broken.
The soft and supple will prevail.
 

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
DailyTao.org
The Book of The Way, Day by Day

Thursday, 27 June, 2024 | 29​

Do you want to improve the world?
I don't think it can be done.

The world is sacred.
It can't be improved.
If you tamper with it, you'll ruin it.
If you treat it like an object, you'll lose it.

There is a time for being ahead,
a time for being behind;
a time for being in motion,
a time for being at rest;
a time for being vigorous,
a time for being exhausted;
a time for being safe,
a time for being in danger.

The Master sees things as they are,
without trying to control them.
She lets them go their own way,
and resides at the center of the circle.
 

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
No reason other that I like it

From the Tao of Pooh
Wu-Wei.jpg
 

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
Saturday, June 29, 2024


52
The world had a beginning which we call the Great Mother.
Once we have found the Mother,
we begin to know what Her children should be.

When we know we are the Mother’s child,
we begin to guard the qualities of the Mother in us.
She will protect us from all danger even if we lose our life.

Keep your mouth closed and embrace a simple life,
and you will live care-free until the end of your days.
If you try to talk your way into a better life,
there will be no end to your trouble.

To understand the small is called clarity.
Knowing how to yield is called strength.
To use your inner light for understanding, regardless of danger,
is called depending on the Constant.
 

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
DailyTao.org
The Book of The Way, Day by Day

Tuesday, 16 July, 2024 | 48​

In pursuit of knowledge,
every day something is added.
In the practice of the Tao,
every day something is dropped.
Less and less do you need to force things,
until finally you arrive at non-action.
When nothing is done,
nothing is left undone.

True mastery can be gained
by letting things go their own way.
It can't be gained by interfering.
 

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
DailyTao.org
The Book of The Way, Day by Day

Saturday, 20 July, 2024 | 52​

In the beginning was the Tao.
All things issue from it;
all things return to it.

To find the origin,
trace back the manifestations.
When you recognize the children
and find the mother,
you will be free of sorrow.

If you close your mind in judgments
and traffic with desires,
your heart will be troubled.
If you keep your mind from judging
and aren't led by the senses,
your heart will find peace.

Seeing into darkness is clarity.
Knowing how to yield is strength.
Use your own light
and return to the source of light.
This is called practicing eternity
 

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
DailyTao.org
The Book of The Way, Day by Day

Thursday, 1 August, 2024 | 64​

What is rooted is easy to nourish.
What is recent is easy to correct.
What is brittle is easy to break.
What is small is easy to scatter.

Prevent trouble before it arises.
Put things in order before they exist.
The giant pine tree
grows from a tiny sprout.
The journey of a thousand miles
starts from beneath your feet.

Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion,
you ruin what was almost ripe.

Therefore the Master takes action
by letting things take their course.
He remains as calm
at the end as at the beginning.
He has nothing,
thus has nothing to lose.
What he desires is non-desire;
what he learns is to unlearn.
He simply reminds people
of who they have always been.
He cares about nothing but the Tao.
Thus he can care for all things.
 

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
DailyTao.org
The Book of The Way, Day by Day

Tuesday, 20 August, 2024 | 2​

When people see some things as beautiful,
other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good,
other things become bad.

Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy support each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low depend on each other.
Before and after follow each other.

Therefore the Master
acts without doing anything
and teaches without saying anything.
Things arise and she lets them come;
things disappear and she lets them go.
She has but doesn't possess,
acts but doesn't expect.
When her work is done, she forgets it.
That is why it lasts forever.
 

PureX

Veteran Member
This one is a big favorite of mine. Though to claim a favorite is a bit weird, I know.

It's just that I find it so clear, and so true.

Clarity and honesty are two beautiful sisters that, when they show up together, one must behold with awe.
 

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
Not from Daily Tao, but I came across this today

Chapter Two

As soon as beauty is known by the world as beautiful, it becomes ugly. As soon as virtue is being known as something good, it becomes evil. Therefore being and non-being give birth to each other. Difficult and easy accomplish each other. Long and short form each other. High and low distinguish each other. Sound and tone harmonize each other Before and after follow each other as a sequence. Realizing this, the saint performs effortlessly according to the natural Way without personal desire, and practices the wordless teaching thru one’s deeds. The saint inspires the vitality of all lives, without holding back. He nurtures all beings with no wish to take possession of. He devotes all his energy but has no intention to hold on to the merit. When success is achieved, he seeks no recognition. Because he does not claim for the credit, hence shall not lose it.

Tao Te Ching
 

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
DailyTao.org
The Book of The Way, Day by Day

Wednesday, 30 October, 2024 | 73​

The Tao is always at ease.
It overcomes without competing,
answers without speaking a word,
arrives without being summoned,
accomplishes without a plan.

Its net covers the whole universe.
And though its meshes are wide,
it doesn't let a thing slip through.
 
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