When man is born, he is tender and weak. In death he becomes stiff and hard. All things, the grass as well as trees, are supple and soft while alive. When dead...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Apr 13, 2012 8:44 am
April 13 Day 103 RECIPROCITY Hands grasp, but also give. Mouth tastes, but also speaks. Nose breathes, but also smells. Eyes see, but also show. Ears hear, but...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Apr 12, 2012 12:52 pm
People are hungry because rulers eat too much income, too much tax-grain. Therefore they starve, but also because of bad interference from those above. Some...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Apr 12, 2012 9:47 am
April 12 Day 102 AWARENESS Outer eyes Cannot see themselves. The inner eye Is its own reflection When we look we can see many things, but the eyes cannot see ...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Apr 11, 2012 12:37 pm
When the people are not afraid of death, why threaten them with death sentences? Even supposing the people are constantly afraid of death and we can seize and...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Apr 11, 2012 8:47 am
April 11 Day 101 CONCENTRATION Imagination, song, the soaring spirit. Separate them to know them as aspects of the whole, Join them to know the mystery of...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Apr 10, 2012 12:37 pm
Who is brave in daring can kill or get killed [on a bus]. On the other hand, one who is brave in not daring, can survive or give life. Either approach can be...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Apr 10, 2012 8:44 am
April 10 Day 100 IMAGINATION Imagination is pale and fragile, Dreams grip with a false reality. Imagination can build bridges, Dreams can deceive. When we...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Apr 9, 2012 8:40 am
April 9 Day 99 HOMECOMING Where was Tao while I was gone? Wasn't I following it where I went? Do you think that there are two? After traveling awhile, we come...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Apr 8, 2012 10:55 am
April 8 Day 98 FAREWELL We part at the crossroads, You leave with your joys and problems, I with mine. Alone, I look down the road. Each one must walk one's...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Apr 7, 2012 12:00 pm
April 7 Day 97 ENCOURAGEMENT One thousand miles from home, I open the same prayer book. Some nights it was only obligation; Tonight, it is comfort. It's best...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Apr 6, 2012 10:40 am
April 6 Day 96 CONSTANCY Clear sunlight on falling snow: fire and ice. Bare-boned trees stark to the horizon, Cold marshes, havens to ducks and geese. A...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Apr 5, 2012 12:26 pm
If the people hardly fear what's dreadful, something greatly dreadful could descend. If people have no fear of force, then great force descends. So never mind...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Apr 5, 2012 7:56 am
April 5 Day 95 TRAVEL Body is the tabernacle. Traveling one thousand miles, The gods are still in place. The body is the temple of the gods. It should be kept...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Apr 4, 2012 12:38 pm
To know that you do not know is best. Who knows that he doesn't know is the highest. To know when one doesn't know is best. Who pretends to know what he...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Apr 4, 2012 8:27 am
April 4 Day 94 PRACTICE Spiritual success is gained by daily cultivation. If you practiced for the day, then you have won. If you were lazy for the day, then...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Apr 3, 2012 12:33 pm
My words are very easy to understand and very easy to put into practice. Yet no one understands them; no one puts them into practice. But some of my teaching...
6212
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Apr 3, 2012 8:44 am
April 3 Day 93 CONFIDENCE Truth perceived gives assurance. Skill yields self-reliance. With courage, we can defy danger. To increase power, increase humility. ...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Apr 2, 2012 12:29 pm
The strategists say: "If I dare not be the guest, then let me be the host. When I dare not take the offensive, then I'll take the defensive. If you doubt your ...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Apr 2, 2012 9:25 am
April 2 Day 92 ACCURACY Make every move count. Pick your target and hit it. Perfect concentration means Effortless flowing. A life that is spiritual requires...
6209
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Apr 1, 2012 9:26 am
April 1 Day 91 FUNERAL Hearse of weathered black enamel, Undertakers fingering cigarettes. Family, some crying, some bored, Some only thinking of themselves. ...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Mar 31, 2012 11:21 am
March 31 Day 90 LONGEVITY Contemplate in the morning. Pull weeds in the afternoon. The joys and labor of a single day Are part of a whole journey. If all you...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Mar 30, 2012 12:37 pm
A skilful leader of troops is never oppressive with his military strength. The brave soldier is hardly very violent; The best fighter doesn't become visibly...
6206
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Mar 30, 2012 8:41 am
March 30 Day 89 DISENGAGEMENT Wearily I open my prayer book, Sepia photograph of sage on amber page, Flaming raven Sanskrit, strange syllables, Intone, chant,...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Mar 29, 2012 12:46 pm
Every one says my dao is greatly like folly. Just because it's great, it looks like folly. Great ways don't look like the ordinary anyhow. If it did not look...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Mar 29, 2012 8:40 am
March 29 Day 88 INTERPRETATION The sage whose words are ambiguous you call great. Those who advocate discipline you shun. With one, you treat words the way you...
6203
Chris Childs
childschris
Mar 28, 2012 12:33 pm
How did the great rivers and seas become the kings of the ravines? By being experts at keeping low. Therefore to be above the people you have to speak as...
6202
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Mar 28, 2012 8:38 am
March 28 Day 87 INTEGRATION Be still to know the absolute. Be active to know the outer. The two spring from the same source, All of life is one whole. In...
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Chris Childs
childschris
Mar 27, 2012 12:42 pm
In old times those who practised a dao well, did hardly aim to enlighten people, but to make them ignorant and hold them that way. It seems that the more...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
Mar 27, 2012 8:35 am
March 27 Day 86 IMAGES Sound, smell, taste, image, touch, sleep. Can you think without clinging to these forms? A thought without shape is rare, Knowledge of...
