Neil March 13th, 2009
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Cultivate harmony within yourself, and harmony becomes real;
Cultivate harmony within your family, and harmony becomes fertile;
Cultivate harmony within your community, and harmony becomes abundant;
Cultivate harmony within your culture, and harmony becomes enduring;
Cultivate harmony within the world, and harmony becomes ubiquitous.
Live with a person to understand that person;
Live with a family to understand that family;
Live with a community to understand that community;
Live with a culture to understand that culture;
Live with the world to understand the world.
How can I live with the world?
By accepting.
Tao 54 – TaoTeChing.org
Neil December 6th, 2008
Tao Te Ching verse 41
When the great man learns the Way,
he follows it with diligence;
When the common man learns the Way,
he follows it on occasion;
When the mean man learns the Way,
he laughs out loud;
Those who do not laugh, do not learn at all.
Therefore it is said:
Who understands the Way seems foolish;
Who progresses on the Way seems to fail;
Who follows the Way seems to wander.
For the finest harmony appears plain;
The brightest truth appears coloured;
The richest character appears incomplete;
The bravest heart appears meek;
The simplest nature appears inconstant.
The square, perfected, has no corner;
Music, perfected, has no melody;
Love, perfected, has no climax;
Art, perfected, has no meaning.
The Way can be neither sensed nor known:
It transmits sensation and transcends knowledge.
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
Neil October 1st, 2008
Those who know don’t talk.
Those who talk don’t know.
Block the passage
Bolt the gate
Blunt the sharp
Untie the knot
Blend with the light
Become one with the dust–
This is called original unity
It can’t be embraced
It can’t be escaped,
It can’t be helped
It can’t be harmed,
It can’t be exalted
It can’t be despised,
Therefore it is revered under Heaven.
TAO TE CHING by Lao-Tzu Translated by Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo
I heard this one quoted in Forbidden Kingdom as I watched it today – I love Kung Fu movies!
Neil August 22nd, 2008
Great TAO overflows
To the Left 
To the right
It may be called immense.
By not making itself great,
It can do great things.
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