ShareVerse 27 of the Tao Te Ching focuses on actions that leave no trace — unseen — unnoticed — seamless. That is the theme of its first stanza. But the second stanza takes us in a very different direction. These … Continue reading
ShareIf all that remained of the Tao Te Ching were Verse 26, it would be among the most extraordinary document ever written. The theme of this Verse is being true to our authentic self. But what is the authentic self? It is … Continue reading
ShareVerse 25 throws us back to the dark world of the Tao itself. Three core themes are presented in this Verse. Each are themes that have already been introduced in the Tao. But what makes Verse 25 unique is how … Continue reading
ShareThe Middle Way of the Buddha is often mirrored in the Tao Te Ching. We can see this in the first stanza of Verse 24. David Hinton translates this section as: Stretch onto tiptoes and you never stand firm. Hurry long … Continue reading
ShareI’ve often talked about the implicit trust hunting and gathering people had in nature. They were nature. Despite the fact that they often faced starvation and travail, hundreds of studies and descriptions show that they were not insecure or anxious. … Continue reading
ShareBefore the current era, this Age of civilization, people lived for about 150,000 years as hunter gatherers. They lived in-tune with nature. Anthropologists have pointed out that indigenous people had little to no capacity to store food. They lived everyday … Continue reading
ShareVerse 21 of the Tao Te Ching takes us back to the murky and esoteric world of Verse One. This is the unseen landscape of the Tao or, to put it a little more precisely, it is the landscape itself, … Continue reading
ShareVerse 20 of the Tao Te Ching stands out from all of the other verses of this 81 Verse utterance. It is the personal voice of the mysterious Lao Tsu himself. These words emerge from a kind of lonely melancholy … Continue reading
ShareThe Tao Te Ching is remarkably appropriate for these times of economic decline and the impending collapse of the world of cheap energy (carbon-based energy). This is a time when the Tao demands that we return to a simpler and … Continue reading
ShareVerse 18 of the Tao Te Ching follows on the heels of Verse 17. Its focus is also one of leadership and like 17, Verse 18 presents an array of social conditions that must arise when the “Great Tao” is … Continue reading
ShareVerse 17 of the Tao Te Ching is one of many that addresses issues of leadership. As has been previously said in this commentary, most scholars assert that the Tao Te Ching was compiled as a leadership manual, but with … Continue reading
ShareThroughout the Tao Te Ching we see that the Tao is the whole and that this wholeness is reflected in every individual manifestation, no matter how seemingly small or transitory it may be. Also, assertions, such as smallness or brevity … Continue reading
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