Fifty-seven Rule a nation with justice. Wage war with surprise moves. Become master of the universe without striving. How do I know that this is so? Because of...
January 3 Day 3 DEVOTION Make the crooked straight, Make the straight to flow. Gather water, fire, and light. Bring the world to a single point. If we have...
Fifty-six Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know. Keep your mouth closed. Guard your senses. Temper your sharpness. Simplify your problems. ...
January 2 Day 2 ABLUTION Washing at dawn: Rinse away dreams. Protect the gods within, And clarify the inner spirit. Purification starts all practice. First...
January 1 Day 1 BEGINNING This is the moment of embarking. All auspicious signs are in place. In the beginning, all things are hopeful. We prepare ourselves to...
December 31 Day 365 CONTINUATION Upon completion comes fulfillment. With fulfillment comes liberation. Liberation allows you to go on. Even death is not a true...
Fifty-five He who is filled with Virtue is like a newborn child. Wasps and serpents will not sting him; Wild beasts will not pounce upon him; He will not be...
December 30 Day 364 MORNING Morning. New day. Joy of birth. All we need is the morning. As long as there is sunrise, then there is the possibility that we can...
December 29 Day 363 NIGHT In night's vast ocean, Sun, moon, and earth align, Pulling the earth out of roundness And making tides rage. Such is the power of...
December 28 Day 362 EMPTINESS Dust cannot gather If there is no mirror there. Some people have compared a pure soul to the unsullied brightness of a perfect...
Fifty-four What is firmly established cannot be uprooted. What is firmly grasped cannot slip away. It will be honored from generation to generation. Cultivate...
December 27 Day 361 PURITY Purity is light. We forget purity too much. We make compromises with our hygiene in the name of expediency. We allow our mountains...
December 26 Day 360 ENDING A shadow edge is never on the edge. The time to contemplate the ending is before the ending. Five days left to this year. There will...
December 25 Day 359 SANITY You are demons. You are darkness. Your soul is at stake. Your soul is light. Dissipation is the threat. Don't surrender the key....
Fifty-three If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. Keeping to the main road is easy, ...
December 24 Day 358 COLLECTIVITY Ancient societies were tribal; The group did the thinking. Current society is splintered; The individual must be complex. ...
Fifty-two The beginning of the universe Is the mother of all things. Knowing the mother, on also knows the sons. Knowing the sons, yet remaining in touch with...
December 23 Day 357 RUSTICITY The laughter of country folk is uncomplicated. The laughter of city folk is full of dark nuance. The ambition of country folk is...
Fifty-one All things arise from Tao. They are nourished by Virtue. They are formed from matter. They are shaped by environment. Thus the ten thousand things...
December 22 Day 356 ATTACHMENT The monk shaved his head as a symbol of renunciation. But now he goes nowhere without his little cap. It's funny to see someone...
Fifty Between birth and death, Three in ten are followers of life, Three in ten are followers of death, And men just passing from birth to death also number...
December 21 Day 355 WINTER A homeless man dies in the gutter. A tree cracks in the cold: A shocking sound. At the winter solstice, the day is shortest of all...
December 20 Day 354 MANURE Manure makes excellent fertilizer. Life has ordure. When you water your plants, you sometimes have to feed them. Manure is an...
Forty-nine The sage has no mind of his own. He is aware of the needs of others. I am good to people who are good. I am also good to people who are not good. ...
Forty-eight In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped. Less and less is done Until...
December 18 Day 352 TEMPLATE Must you see nature as a machine? Is your only learning chemistry, physics, and ontology? What if poetry was your template for...
Forty-seven Without going outside, you may know the whole world. Without looking through the window, you may see the ways of heaven. The farther you go, the...
December 17 Day 351 BREATH You breathe, Frosting mountains white, Exciting trees to verdant flame, Dancing sparrows on your wing, Swirling waves into long...
Forty-six When the Tao is present in the universe, The horses haul manure. When the Tao is absent from the universe, War horses are bred outside the city. ...
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