by Cheguevoblin Tue Jul 10, 2018 11:59 pm
The master has mastered nature not in the sense of conquering it, but by becoming it.
In surrendering to the Tao, in giving up all concepts, judgements, and desires, her mind has grown naturally compassionate.
She finds deep in her own experience, the central truths to the art of living, which are paradoxical only on the surface.
That the more truly solitary we are, the more compassionate we can be.
That the more we let go of what we love, the more present our love becomes.
That the clearer our insight into what is beyond good and evil, the more we can embody the good.
Until finally she is able to say, in all humility, I am the Tao, the truth, and the life.
What is a bad man, but a good man's teacher?
What is a good man, but a bad man's job?
If you don't understand this, you will get lost, no matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
Describing the indescribable.
Teaching the unteachable.
Pointing the way to the way.
What does Lao Tzu think he is doing in the Tao Te Ching?
It can't be done.
He who knows doesn't talk, he who talks doesn't know, but that is precisely what Lao Tzu has done in with about 5,000 words.
If he was the one who knew, how could he have been such a blabber mouth?
That's the problem with spiritual teachers, they have to be blabbermouths, but their words are fingers pointing at the moon. If you watch the fingers you can't see the moon.
He who knows doesn't talk, but words are no hindrance for him. He uses them as gardening tools. When someone asks, he answers.
- above are excerpts from the introduction (first 15 min) of the reading of the Tao Te Ching (link below)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O9X-kxcFEs
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