The ideal land is small Its people very few, Where tools abound Ten times or yet A hundred-fold Beyond their use; Where people die And die again But never...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 15, 2011 9:45 am
December 15 Day 349 WATER Drops. Water cleanses, Gathers in the earth. Tender. Invasive. Subtle. Emerges a shining river. When small, it is weak. When great,...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Dec 15, 2011 1:38 pm
As honest words may not sound fine, Fine words may not be honest ones; A good man does not argue, and An arguer may not be good! The knowers are not learned...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 16, 2011 9:41 am
December 16 Day 350 HOURGLASS Life is like an hourglass. Consciousness is the sand. Imagine an hourglass. Its shape is like the symbol for infinity. Its form...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Dec 16, 2011 1:40 pm
The way that can be told of is hardly an eternal, absolute, unvarying one; the name that can be coded and given is no absolute name. Heaven and earth sprang...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 17, 2011 10:20 am
December 17 Day 351 BREATH You breathe, Frosting mountains white, Exciting trees to verdant flame, Dancing sparrows on your wing, Swirling waves into long...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 19, 2011 10:14 am
December 19 Day 353 PROMISES Visions better than drugs haven't come. Intelligence exceeding genius hasn't come. Titanic strength hasn't come. Beauty to attract...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Dec 19, 2011 1:47 pm
When the people of the world see beauty as beauty, the notion of ugliness pops up along with that And equally if every one recognize virtue as virtue, if they...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 20, 2011 9:41 am
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...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Dec 20, 2011 1:50 pm
Stop looking for rare, moral persons (hsien) to put in power. There will be jealousies among people, jealousies and strife. If we cease to set store by...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 21, 2011 9:38 am
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...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Dec 21, 2011 1:49 pm
Dao is like an empty vessel that yet can be drawn from without ever needing to be filled. It's without bottom; the very breeder of all things in the world. In...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 21, 2011 2:27 pm
... ~~~~ What a coincidence! I just found out last week that Derek Lin had written a new book, this one all daily affirmations, like the /365 Tao/ I post...
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Lauren Shaw
laurengshaw
Dec 21, 2011 4:41 pm
Happy Solstice everyone! Just to stand things on their head from a Northern Hemisphere point of view, we here in drought-stricken Texas are grateful for the...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 22, 2011 10:02 am
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...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Dec 22, 2011 1:43 pm
The universe seems without mercy, quite ruthless; in that wider perspective all things are but as ritual straw dogs. The wise man too is hard as nail; to him...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 23, 2011 11:08 am
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...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 24, 2011 10:16 am
December 24 Day 358 COLLECTIVITY Ancient societies were tribal; The group did the thinking. Current society is splintered; The individual must be complex. ...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 25, 2011 10:05 am
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....
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Chris Childs
childschris
Dec 25, 2011 1:41 pm
The valley spirit never dies. It's named the mystic woman. And the gate of the profound woman is the root that heaven and earth sprang from. It's there within...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 26, 2011 10:16 am
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...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Dec 26, 2011 1:44 pm
Heaven is always, the earth, too. How can it be? Well, they don't live only for themselves; that's why they live long. So the wise man puts himself last, and...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 27, 2011 9:18 am
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...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Dec 27, 2011 1:47 pm
The highest good is like that of water. The goodness of water is that it benefits the ten thousand creatures; yet itself hardly ever scrambles - it seems quite...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 28, 2011 9:41 am
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...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Dec 28, 2011 1:38 pm
Stretch a bow to the full, and you'll end up wishing you'd stopped in time; to hold and fill to overflowing isn't quite as able as to stop in time. Temper a...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 29, 2011 9:00 am
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...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Dec 29, 2011 1:40 pm
Can you keep the unquiet physical-soul from straying, hold fast to the unity and middle, and never quit it? Can you, when concentrating your breath, make it...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 30, 2011 9:17 am
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...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Dec 31, 2011 10:48 am
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...
