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humility

By taoboy Posted on 14 August, 2013 Posted in Tao, te No Comments Tagged with humility, three jewels, three treasures

To be humble is not to put yourself down, it is to respect every position. In humility, we respect the man on the street begging for change. In humility, we respect the young person who ignores our experience and sets …

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simplicity

By taoboy Posted on 13 August, 2013 Posted in Tao, te No Comments Tagged with economy, frugal, frugality, simple, simplicity, three jewels, three treasures

Say too much, do too much, and it is spoiled. The right action at the right time is no action at all. Economy, frugality, simplicity. As one of the three treasures, Lau Tzu said that by being economic we can …

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compassion

By taoboy Posted on 12 August, 2013 Posted in Tao, te No Comments Tagged with compassion, Desiderata, gentleness, love, three jewels, three treasures

Gentleness; compassion; love. However you concieve it, or which ever translation you prefer, the three treasures that Lao Tzu holds dear are intrinsic to our development of te, our expression of Tao. Verse 67 of the Tao Te Ching says …

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room at the bottom

By taoboy Posted on 11 August, 2013 Posted in progress, Tao, te No Comments Tagged with ambition, bottom, foundation, middle, start, starting, top
room at the bottom

There isn’t room for you at the top. Not only because those at the top are fearful and therefore defensive (with the means to defend themselves), but also because there really isn’t that much room up there. No space, no …

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killing

By taoboy Posted on 4 August, 2013 Posted in praxis, Tao, te 1 Comment Tagged with ant, ants, bee, bees, death, insect, insects, kill, life, spider, spiders

Do you need to kill that spider? Do you need to kill those ants? Do you need to pluck that flower? Can that weed not have a chance? A bee enters through the window, and someone reaches for a newspaper …

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