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Get a chapter of the Tao in your mailbox everyday. Comment on then if you wish, or just read them and think about them.
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Final Tao Chapter Unless...
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The previous message from the Tao of the Day, "Chapter 18"
will be the last issue that will be sent through this email service.
As I mentioned in my message last Saturday, the Tao is changing email
companies and the new one requires everyone to either sign-up again
or
confirm that they want to keep getting the newsletter.... more »
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Tao Chapter 18
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When people deviate from their nature
Friendliness and righteousness became merits to be earned
Knowledge and cleverness came into being and lying started to rule
Relatives came into conflict with each other and loving each other
became a duty
Cause when mankind and families get confused
Allegiance becomes an order... more »
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Tao Changes
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Hello Tao Fans:
As you've probably noticed, the Tao of the Day has been not-so-daily
recently.
I've been swamped at work, and I simply cannot send out the emails
manually in the morning as I have been doing. Fortunately, I have
found a way to automate the process, so now the Tao of the Day emails... more »
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Tao Chapter 17
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Of the wise of old, people only knew that they existed
Later on they loved them and admired them
Thereafter they got scared of them
And finally the wise were seen as despicable
One who can’t trust oneself, can’t trust another
How cautious were the first with their words
They proceeded so cautiously that when they where done... more »
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Tao Chapter 16
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One who has an empty head is satisfied, One who is satisfied has an
empty head
All creatures exert and come to rest
All plants grow to maturity and come to rest
That final rest is what’s called being done; completion
Returning to nature is what’s called eternal life
Living in the present is called being enlightened... more »
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Tao Chapter 15
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The wise of old were profound and acute
People thought of them as unfathomable
Because they where unfathomable, I’ll try to sketch their way of
living:
They seemed cautious, like people who cross a wintry river
They seemed irresolute, as if danger was threatening everywhere
They seemed dignified, as if they where guests... more »
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Tao Chapter 14
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We look at it but we do not see it and we call it the invisible
We listen to it but don’t hear it and we call it the inaudible
We grope at it but never touch it and we call it the untouchable
The invisible, the inaudible and the untouchable come together in one
There is no light when it rises... more »
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Tao Chapter 13
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Watch out for gratitude and criticism
Honour and misfortune are as disastrous as having character
What does that say?
Watch out for gratitude and criticism?
Watch out for gratitude, because it originates from submission
Watch out for criticism, because it comes from superior power
Therefore, watch out for gratitude and criticism... more »
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Tao Chapter 12
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All those artificial colours blind people’s eyes
All that man-made music deafens people's ears
All those various flavours dull our taste
Horse races and hunting drive people crazy
The desire for scarce goods
Hinders people from going on the straight and simple path
Therefore the wise finds his satisfaction... more »
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Tao Chapter 11
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Thirty spokes unite within the nave
But the wheel is only useful because of the cavity inside the nave
Clay is kneaded into vases
But the utility is determined by the cavity
When building a house they leave blank spots in the walls for doors
and windows
But the utility of the house depends on the cavity inside... more »
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