I had a few very deep interactions today covering #2 #34 and #45 with D Grant, Isabelle, and Loyce.
#2
If something is beautiful, something else must be ugly.
If something is good, something else must be bad.
You can't have something without nothing.
If no task is difficult,
then no task is easy.
Things are up high
because other things are down low.
You know when you're listening to music
because you don't hear noise.
And something else came first, so this must be next.
The Masters get the job done without moving a muscle
and signify without saying a word.
When things around them fall apart, they stay cool.
They don't own much,
but they use whatever's at hand.
They do the work without expecting any favors.
When the job is finished,
they move on to the next job.
That's why their work is so damn good.
#34
The great Tao flows everywhere.
All things are born from it,
yet it doesn't create them.
It pours itself into its work,
yet it makes no claim.
It nourishes infinite worlds,
yet it doesn't hold on to them.
Since it is merged with all things
and hidden in their hearts,
it can be called humble.
Since all things vanish into it
and it alone endures,
it can be called great.
It isn't aware of its greatness;
thus it is truly great.
#45
The greatest achievements
may look like mistakes,
but you will always be able
to build upon them.
The fullest reserves may seem empty,
but you will always be able
to draw upon them.
The straightest line looks crooked.
The most skilled people
come off as clumsy.
The most eloquent people
are usually silent.
When it's cold,
you can move around to stay warm.
When it's hot,
you should keep still and stay cool.
But whatever the weather,
if you stay calm,
the world will sort itself out around you.
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