RescueMonkey"Physical force can only win physical obedience, which is superficial precisely because it does not touch the true, inner, conscious locus of the person."
Edward Slingerland Mind and Body in Early China: Beyond orientalism and the Myth of Holism
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"Stop thinking, and end your problems. What difference between yes and no? What difference between success and failure? Must you value what others value, avoid what others avoid? How ridiculous! Other people are excited, as though they were at a parade. I alone don’t care, I alone am expressionless, like an infant before it can smile. Other people have what they need; I alone possess nothing... [1/2]
#DailyDao #dao #daoism #daoist
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"Throw away holiness and wisdom, and people will be a hundred times happier. Throw away morality and justice, and people will do the right thing. Throw away industry and profit, and there won’t be any thieves. If these three aren’t enough, just stay at the center of the circle and let all things take their course."
[#daodejing by #laozi translated by Stephen Mitchell]
"Avoid overcomplicating"
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“When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and piety appear. When the body’s intelligence declines, cleverness and knowledge step forth. When there is no peace in the family, filial piety begins. When the country falls into chaos, patriotism is born.”
[#daodejing by #laozi translated by Stephen Mitchell]
Today the #dao reminds me that the closer I stay to the dao, the less management, rule-making, and nit-picking I have to do... (1/2)
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“When the Master governs, the people are hardly aware that he exists. Next best is a leader who is loved. Next, one who is feared. The worst is one who is despised. If you don’t trust the people, you make them untrustworthy. The Master doesn’t talk, he acts. When his work is done, the people say, ‘Amazing: we did it, all by ourselves!’”
[#daodejing by #laozi translated by Stephen Mitchell]...(1/2)
I am back with #dailydao starting today. I had to take a break from a lot of my routines in February as a new work project took off, and other life changes were taking place, and I had to dismiss the daily reminder for the daily dao as things were too in flux every day to take the time I wanted to take with it. But things are settling down again, and starting today I will take up the daily dao posting again with verse 17 later today!
Thanks for your patience with me.
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"Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return. Each separate being in the universe returns to the common source. Returning to the source is serenity... (1/)
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"The ancient Masters were profound and subtle. Their wisdom was unfathomable. There is no way to describe it; all we can describe is their appearance. They were careful as someone crossing an iced-over stream. Alert as a warrior in enemy territory. Courteous as a guest. Fluid as melting ice. Shapable as a block of wood. Receptive as a valley. Clear as a glass of water... (1/2)
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"Look, and it can’t be seen. Listen, and it can’t be heard. Reach, and it can’t be grasped. Above, it isn’t bright. Below, it isn’t dark. Seamless, unnamable, it returns to the realm of nothing. Form that includes all forms, image without an image, subtle, beyond all conception. ...(1/3)
Instead of delivering a passage from #daodejing by #laozi, today, the #DailyDao is this great YouTube video by Sonjoi
#daoism #dao #daoist #competition #noncompetition #wuwei #NonAction #notstriving #nonstriving #nature #harmony
"Is Competition Good or Bad? (Taoist Perspective)"
