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20

"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]

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19

"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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18

“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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17

“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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16.

"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

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"Is Competition Good or Bad? (Taoist Perspective)"

https://youtu.be/wp2rS-Ta2E0

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13

”Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear. What does it mean that success is as dangerous as failure? Whether you go up the ladder or down it, your position is shaky. When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance...

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12

"Colors blind the eye. Sounds deafen the ear. Flavors numb the taste. Thoughts weaken the mind. Desires wither the heart. The Master observes the world but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. His heart is open as the sky."

[#daodejing by #laozi translated by Stephen Mitchell]

The #dao encourages me not to abandon, but to "disentangle" myself from the material world & return frequently inward.

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11.

"We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable. We work with being, but non-being is what we use."

[#daodejing by #laozi translated by Stephen Mitchell]

As I read this passage, I was pulling my laundry out of the dryer... (1/2)

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"Can you coax your mind from its wandering and keep to the original oneness? Can you let your body become supple as a newborn child’s? Can you cleanse your inner vision until you see nothing but the light? Can you love people and lead them without imposing your will? Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things? ... (1/2)

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9

"Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity."

[#daodejing #taoteching by #laozi translated by Stephen Mitchell]

The #dao encourages me to be mindful of staying "satiated," and then stopping. My needs are met. That is enough.

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9

"The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. It is content with the low places that people disdain. Thus it is like the #Tao. In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present... (1/2)

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"The #Tao is infinite, eternal. Why is it eternal? It was never born; thus it can never die. Why is it infinite? It has no desires for itself; thus it is present for all beings. The Master stays behind; that is why she is ahead. She is detached from all things; that is why she is one with them. Because she has let go of herself, she is perfectly fulfilled."

[#daodejing #taoteching by #laozi translated by Stephen Mitchell] ...(1/2)

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"The #tao is called the Great Mother: empty yet inexhaustible, it gives birth to infinite worlds. It is always present within you. You can use it any way you want."

[#taoteching #daodejing by #laozi #laotzu translated by Stephen Mitchell]

The word for this passage, for me, is "graciousness." Yesterday, I read the #dao is impartial & nonaligned. But it is not cruel. It is empty because it keeps nothing to itself. I can always rely on it.

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"The Tao doesn’t take sides; it gives birth to both good and evil. The Master doesn’t take sides; she welcomes both saints and sinners. The Tao is like a bellows: it is empty yet infinitely capable. The more you use it, the more it produces; the more you talk of it, the less you understand. Hold on to the center."

[#daodejing #taoteching by #laozi #laotzu translated by Stephen Mitchell] ...(1/3)

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4.

"The Tao is like a well: used but never used up. It is like the eternal void: filled with infinite possibilities. It is hidden but always present. I don’t know who gave birth to it. It is older than God."

[#daodejing #taoteching by #Laotse #laotzu translated by Stephen Mitchell]

The #dao #tao is "infinity." It is everything, every being, molecule, atom, quark, boson, particle, wave, & force. It is time and everything time contains.

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"If you overesteem great men, people become powerless. If you overvalue possessions, people begin to steal. The Master leads by emptying people’s minds and filling their cores, by weakening their ambition and toughening their resolve. He helps people lose everything they know, everything they desire, and creates confusion in those who think that they know... (1/4)