Neil December 19th, 2009
with thanksgiving
Tao 43
The softest of all things
Overrides the hardest of all
Only Nothing can enter in to no-space.
Hence I know the advantages of Non-Ado.
Few things under heaven are as instructive as the lessons of Silence,
Or as beneficial as the fruits of Non-Ado.


Pocket Classic Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu, John C.H. Wu
Neil December 18th, 2009
TAO 8
The highest form of goodness is like water.
Water knows how to benefit all things without striving with them.
It stays in places loathed by all men.
Therefore, it comes near the Tao.
In choosing your dwelling, know how to keep the ground.
In cultivating your mind, know how to dive in the hidden deeps.
In dealing with others, know how to be gentle and kind.
In speaking, know how to keep your words.
In governing, know how to maintain order.
In transacting business, know how to be efficient.
In making a move, know how to choose the right moment.
If you do not strive with others,
You will be free from blame.


Pocket Classic Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu, John C.H. Wu
Neil December 24th, 2008
Too much colour blinds the eye,
Too much music deafens the ear,
Too much taste dulls the palate,
Too much play maddens the mind,
Too much desire tears the heart.

In this manner the sage cares for people:
He provides for the belly, not for the senses;
He ignores abstraction and holds fast to substance.
TaoTeChing.org

Neil December 2nd, 2008
There is a mystery,
Beneath abstraction,
Silent, depthless,
Alone, unchanging,
Ubiquitous and liquid,

The mother of nature.
It has no name, but I call it “the Way”;
It has no limit, but I call it “limitless”.
TaoTeChing.org

Neil October 25th, 2008
Extreme love exacts a great price.
Many possessions entail heavy loss.

Know what is enough–
Abuse nothing.
Know when to stop–
Harm nothing.
This is how to last a long time.
TAO TE CHING by Lao-Tzu Translated by Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo
