A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Seven
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Seven Heaven and Earth are everlasting The reason Heaven and Earth can last forever Is that they do not exist for themselves Thus they can last forever Therefore the sages: Place themselves last but end up in front Are outside of themselves and yet survive [...]
A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Twenty-Eight
A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching: Verse Twenty-Eight Know the masculine, hold to the feminine Be the watercourse of the world Being the watercourse of the world The eternal virtue does not depart Return to the state of the infant Know the white, hold to the black Be the [...]
A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Twenty-Six
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Twenty-Six Heaviness is the root of lightness Quietness is the master of restlessness Therefore the sages travel an entire day Without leaving the heavy supplies Even though there are luxurious sights They are composed and transcend beyond How can the lords of ten thousand chariots [...]
A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Twenty-Five
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Twenty-Five There is something formlessly created Born before Heaven and Earth So serene! So ethereal! Independent and changeless Circulating and ceaseless It can be regarded as the mother of the world I do not know its name Identifying it, I call it "Tao" Forced to [...]
A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Twenty-Three
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Twenty-Three Sparse speech is naturalThus strong wind does not last all morningSudden rain does not last all dayWhat makes this so? Heaven and EarthEven Heaven and Earth cannot make it lastHow can humans? Thus those who follow the Tao are with the TaoThose who [...]
A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Twenty-Two
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Twenty-Two Yield and remain whole Bend and remain straight Be low and become filled Be worn out and become renewed Have little and receive Have much and be confused Therefore the sages hold to the one as an example for the world Without flaunting themselves [...]
A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Twenty-One
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Twenty-One The appearance of great virtue Follows only the Tao The Tao, as a thing Seems indistinct, seems unclear So unclear, so indistinct Within it there is image So indistinct, so unclear Within it there is substance So deep, so profound Within it there is [...]
A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Nine
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Nine Holding a cup and overfilling itCannot be as good as stopping shortPounding a blade and sharpening itCannot be kept for long Gold and jade fill up the roomNo one is able to protect themWealth and position bring arroganceAnd leave disasters upon oneself When achievement [...]
The Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Eight
The highest goodness resembles water Water greatly benefits myriad things without contention It stays in places that people dislike Therefore it is similar to the Tao Dwelling with the right location Feeling with great depth Giving with great kindness Speaking with great integrity Governing with great administration Handling with great [...]
A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Seven
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Seven Heaven and Earth are everlasting The reason Heaven and Earth can last forever Is that they do not exist for themselves Thus they can last forever Therefore the sages: Place themselves last but end up in front Are outside of themselves and yet survive [...]
The Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Six
The valley spirit, undying Is called the Mystic Female The gate of the Mystic Female Is called the root of Heaven and Earth It flows continuously, barely perceptible Utilize it; it is never exhausted Lao Tzu Lao Tzu has stated in previous verses that the Tao is [...]
A Delicate Balance: The Tao Te Ching/ Verse Five
The Tao Te Ching: Verse Five Heaven and Earth are impartialThey regard myriad things as straw dogsThe sages are impartialThey regard people as straw dogs The space between Heaven and EarthIs it not like a bellows?Empty, and yet never exhaustedIt moves, and produces more Too many words hasten failureCannot compare [...]
