Today I chose #29 because I was talking baout there being a time for "This, whatever it happens to be." Then I was joined by Johnny how chose #38.
#29 "Make the World a Better You"
Do you want to make the world a better place?
How arrogant you must be!
The world, like you, is sacred
And cannot be improved.
A force of will, would ruin it.
If it had a guide, it would be misled.
There are times for all things,
Even this, whatever it happens to be.
The Master allows all things to be as they are
She doesn’t want to control them.
She simply lets them do what they do
She also does what she does, staying connected to Tao.
#38 "Dissolution of Tao"
Masters have nothing to prove
Making their power self-evident.
Others continue to grasp at power
Thus they never have enough.
Masters needn’t do a thing
In so doing nothing is disregarded.
Others are constantly doing
Leaving everything else still to be done.
The kind man does, and in so doing reveals all that remains undone.
The just man does, and in so doing reveals all that still needs to be done.
The moral man does and when there is no support will use force to gain consensus.
When Tao is lost, we lean on etiquette.
When that fails, we turn to morality.
When morality dissolves, we teach ritual.
Those who have only known ritual
Are filled with shadow and ignorance.
Therefore, the Master concerns herself
With the substance not the shadow.
She has no destination,
Only to reside within herself
Not the manifestation.
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