Today was a wonderful episode with Energy Lady and I talking about #53. Then the mood shifted as Kelly joined me for #49. Loyce came up for #25 and then Julie passed me off to her sister for #16.
#16
Clear your head.
Stay calm.
Watch as everything happens around you.
Everything reverts to its original state, which was nothing.
And whenever something becomes nothing,
it gets right with Tao.
If you don't understand that,
you're going to screw up somewhere down the line.
If you figure it out,
you'll always know what to do.
If you get right with Tao,
you won't be afraid to die,
because you know you will.
#25
Something perfect has existed forever,
even longer than the universe.
It's a vast, unchanging void.
There's nothing else like it.
It goes on forever and never stops.
Everything else came from it.
I don't know what else to call it
So I'll call it Tao.
What's it like?
I can tell you this much: it's great.
Something that great lasts.
Something that lasts goes a long way.
And something that goes a long way
always comes back to the beginning.
Tao's great.
Heaven's great.
Earth's great.
And someone who's in touch with Tao is great, too.
Those are the four greatest things in the universe
and a Master is one of them.
Someone who's in touch with Tao
is in touch with the earth.
The earth is in touch with heaven.
Heaven's in touch with Tao.
Tao's in touch with the way things are.
#49
The Master has no mind of her own.
She works with the mind of the people.
She is good to people who are good.
She is also good to people who aren't good.
This is true goodness.
She trusts people who are trustworthy.
She also trusts people who aren't trustworthy.
This is true trust.
The Master's mind is like space.
People don't understand her.
They look to her and wait.
She treats them like her own children.
#53
If I had any sense,
I'd be trying to get right with Tao,
and the only thing I'd worry about
would be messing up.
It's not that hard to get right with Tao,
but people are easily distracted.
"When the king's palace is full of treasure,"
Lao Tzu said,
"ordinary people's fields
are smothered with weeds,
and the food supplies run out."
Today, you see sharply dressed people
carrying flashy weapons
and living the high life.
They own more
than they could ever use,
let alone need.
They're nothing
but gangsters and crooks.
That's not what Tao's about.
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