Tao of the Day S2_167

Today was longer and kicked off with Julie and #9 then my sister Loyce with #39 followed by Graciela and #78. D Grant came up to round off a great group of buddies with #10 followed by a newcomer Snek and #55.

#9 "The Danger of Extreme"
Having to prove yourself
Will allow challenges to best you.
Focus your attention on money
And lose sight of what is valuable.
Keep in mind outside influence
And you will be its prisoner.

Do what you do and move on,
It isn’t yours anyway.


#10 "Can You?"
Can you control your mind, so it doesn’t wonder?
Can you control your body, so it doesn’t wander?

Can you endorse all that you do?
Can you love everyone so as to inspire them?
Can you do all this without interfering and remain unknown?
Can you leave behind knowing and open yourself to understanding?

Can you be like Tao and give birth
Without possessing?
Can you be like Tao and act
Without expecting?
Can you be like Tao and lead
without dominating?
If so, it would be considered great.

#39 "Unity"
Unity is the standard
When achieved, all things are harmonious.

Heaven achieved it through purity.
Planets achieved it through solidity.
Beings achieve it through purpose (life),
Generation after generation,
Every individual being finds
Their own unity, their own harmony.

If Heaven were to lose its purity
So too its union with the Planets.

If Planets were to lose their solidity
So too their union with Beings.

If beings were to lose their purpose (lives)
Without unity, all would perish and decay.

The Master honors everything in every form,
She knows that there is nothing between the highest and lowest,
Differentiating we lose touch with Unity.

Always adjusting to find Unity
The Master lets herself be lived,
Constantly being renewed and shaped by Tao,
Rugged and full of resolve.

#55 "Inner Strength and Harmony"
One who has inner strength is like a baby boy,
Unspoiled, flexible, and empty with no judgment.
Bees, wild beasts, birds of prey cannot harm him.

With no knowledge of the world
His penis can stand erect,
He has no shame or questions of why.

Caught in manifestation, the myriad scream for a time, he hardly notices.
His harmony is so aligned he also can scream forever without getting horse.
He is powered by his harmony, and thus all fear is kept at bay.

The Master never speaks of possessing anything, life is the blessing.
Those who pursue power and excitement find themselves confused,
They allow their emotions to guide them, and they become exhausted.
It is not from Tao, and whatever is not from Tao arrives dead.

#78 "Living in a Damaged State"
Air and water are the softest things we know,
Causing no damage to those that live within them
Yet both erode the hard or rigid in their path.

The soft and flexible will always overcome.
While the hard and rigid eventually collapse.

Ordinary men are well aware of this
However, they prefer conspicuous outcomes.
Thus they align with rigid hardness,
It stands firm for a time but does not last.

Therefore, the Master teaches us that
We can live amongst things that damage
Without being damaged by them.