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The Tao Teh Ching – #46 – Revealed by Lao Tzu – Rendered by Charles Scamahorn

25 Sunday Mar 2018

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Contentment, The Tao Teh Ching – #46

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When people live in accord with the Tao,
The only use for the prince’s horse is making garden manure;
When people live in discord with Tao,
War horses’ droppings are everywhere, even in the sacred places.
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It is a curse for the people to desire possessions;
It is a misfortune for the people to covet knowledge; and
It is a calamity for the people to crave wisdom.
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Let your contentment be seen; for
When your contentment is seen,
It brings contentment to others.

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The Tao Teh Ching – #45 – Revealed by Lao Tzu – Rendered by Charles Scamahorn

25 Sunday Feb 2018

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The Tao Teh Ching – #45

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The greatest perfection appears imperfect, and
Perfection does not go too far;
The greatest abundance appears insufficient; thus,
Abundance is not deprived of its self.
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Let your greatest propriety appear askew;
Let your greatest skill appear awkward;
Let your greatest eloquence appear hesitant.
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Action overcomes cold, and
Stillness overcomes heat.
When you are active and steady,
You become the pole star for the tempestuous.

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The Tao Teh Ching – #44 – Revealed by Lao Tzu – Rendered by Charles Scamahorn

25 Thursday Jan 2018

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Tao Teh Ching

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Which is more important to you,
What people call you, or what you become conscious of?
Which is more important to you,
What you are conscious of, or the source, from which it springs?
Which of these gives more pleasure or pain
When added to or subtracted from?
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When you covet external things, you squander your presence; and
When you hoard your presence,
You bring grievous loss to its source.
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Approach contentment by making lowness attractive.
Live within life’s limits,
By making that within its limits attractive.
Follow this Tao and you may live a long and contented life.

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The Tao Teh Ching – #43 – Revealed by Lao Tzu – Rendered by Charles Scamahorn

25 Monday Dec 2017

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The Tao Teh Ching

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The void penetrates and permeates even the impenetrable.
Thus you may know the advantage of
Doing that which attracts the right reactions;
The advantage of teaching that which attracts the right knowledge;
The advantage of being that which attracts that which needs to be.
It is a method which few people can ever understand or apply.

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The Tao Teh Ching – #42 – Revealed by Lao Tzu – Rendered by Charles Scamahorn

25 Saturday Nov 2017

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The Tao Teh Ching

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Out of the void of Tao,
A unity is born;
This unity generates its opposite, and
A duality is formed:
This duality is unified, and
A third existence comes into being;
These processes repeat themselves
Over, and over, and over again, and
Out of these three kinds of action,
The visible universe is formed.
The universe which now exists thus contains
Void forces, opposing forces, and unifying forces, and
Through their interaction, the all-pervading harmony resounds.
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People hate to be seen as orphaned, friendless and unable
However, princes refer to themselves as such; for
Things are added to when called insufficient, and
Things are subtracted from when called excessive.
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Since ancient times sages taught the following maxim, and
It lies at the invisible core of this Tao also:
“Strong and violent things attract destruction.” And
Attraction is at the core of this method.

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The Tao Teh Ching – #41 – Revealed by Lao Tzu – Rendered by Charles Scamahorn

25 Wednesday Oct 2017

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The Tao Teh Ching

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When people with pure thinking habits hear the Tao,
They practice it diligently.
When people with the average type of thinking habits hear the Tao,
They seem to understand, yet they soon forget.
When people with vulgar thinking habits hear the Tao,
They find it to be ridiculous.
If vulgar people did not ridicule it,
It would be a less useful Tao.
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Know these sayings:
“He who is enlightened with Tao seems dark.
He who is advancing with Tao seems to be slipping back.
The straight and smooth Tao seems crooked and rugged.
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The fullest virtue seems empty.
The purest virtue appears unjustly shamed.
The greatest virtue appears in need.
The strongest virtue appears weak.
The purest chastity appears coquettish.
The finest stage is an empty field.
The finest painting is in the implied brush strokes.
The finest music is in the moments between the notes.
The finest method is in the emptiness between the actions.”
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The way of Tao is invisible, and
Tao may only be alluded to, yet
It is Tao which creates things and brings things to an end.

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The Tao Teh Ching – #40 – Revealed by Lao Tzu – Rendered by Charles Scamahorn

25 Monday Sep 2017

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Returning is the only action of Tao, and
Weakness is the only method of Tao.
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Heaven, Earth, and life spring from existence;
Existence springs from the void.

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The Tao Teh Ching – #39 – Revealed by Lao Tzu – Rendered by Charles Scamahorn

25 Friday Aug 2017

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The Tao Teh Ching

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The following things have been maintained since ancient times
through action of the unifying principle:
Heaven is clarified;
The earth is held together;
The gods endure;
The valleys function;
The living things cycle on; and
The princes remain princes.
That principle which generates so much unity is marvelous.
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Without clarity, the Heavens would fall;
Without stability, the Earth would disintegrate;
Without granted being, the gods would vanish;
Without functioning, the valleys would disappear;
Without the life cycle, all life would perish;
Without using the mass unifying principle,
The princes would cease to be princes.
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The princes appear even lower than common people,
So common people may follow them.
Princes depend on common people for support.
This is why they appear to be
Orphaned-friendless-unable.
Isn’t it true that princes depend on common people for support?
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Remove the unifying principle from a wheel, and
There isn’t a void left at the center either. So
Do not set yourself up to be respected;
Respect is like a precious gem.
Seek to be low,
Like a common stone.

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The Tao Teh Ching – #38 – Revealed by Lao Tzu – Rendered by Charles Scamahorn

25 Tuesday Jul 2017

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The Tao Teh Ching

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When you know the proper use of a virtue,
You use that virtue attractively, and
You will soon have even more of that virtue available to you.
When you are controlled by a virtue,
That virtue is attracted away from you, and
You will soon lose what little virtue you possessed.
When you use a virtue with invisible attractiveness,
You may accomplish actions with attractive acts. But
When you use a virtue visibly with actions,
The deeds you do will be seen and will generate their opposites.
When you control benevolence,
You are more than benevolent,
But never let your actions show it.
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When you control justice – You are more than just,
But never let your actions show it; and
When you control expediency
You are more than expedient. But
If your actions show it, you will encounter resistance.
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When you follow the secret way of Tao, special voids appear within you.
When you personify these voids, benevolence appears in others;
When you personify benevolence, justice appears in others;
When you personify justice, expediency appears in others.
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Expediency’s methods bring on a withering of loyalty and honesty.
They herald social disorder.
When others see this sequence in action,
They drift away from the proper path.
That heralds universal ignorance.
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Be creative when dwelling in your self’s heavy core. And
Carry on attractive actions with your external self.
Plant your seeds quietly, and
Succeed with the fruit of real accomplishment, but
Arrange with the flowers of visible non-accomplishment.

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The Tao Teh Ching – #37 – Revealed by Lao Tzu – Rendered by Charles Scamahorn

25 Sunday Jun 2017

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The Tao Teh Ching

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Tao always acts by attraction;
Even attractiveness is created by attraction.
When you are seen being attracted by the Tao,
Your friends will behave of their own accord. Yet
Even while behaving themselves they may rise to action.
Then let them be restrained
By their simple selves.
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When you attract them to their simple selves,
They cease to value external things. And
When their desire for external things has withered away,
Quiescence is achieved; and
Your friends live in peace with each other, and
In harmony with their selves.

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