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Monday, April 16, 2012

Tao te Ching #3 (Stephen Mitchell Translation)

If you over-esteem great men,
people become powerless.
If you overvalue possessions,
people begin to steal.

The Master leads
by emptying peoples minds
and filling their cores,
by weakening their ambition
and toughening their resolve.
He helps people lose everything
they know, everything they desire,
and creates confusion
in those who think that they know.

Practice not-doing,
and everything will fall into place.

Interpretation:  When we attach or believe our thoughts and perceptions about material possessions and people, we create dichotomies and separations in power.  Good leaders rid people's minds of judgement and open their hearts.  The Master assists people in becoming clear and steadfast in their resolve to create their lives through a connection to the source or silence while letting go of perceptions of knowing or misguided beliefs.  This leads to manifestation and fills them with a sense of the original self.


Everything is born out of the universe's desire to experience itself.


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