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philjreeseHe helps people lose everything they know, everything they desire and creates confusion in those who think that they know. <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaoTeChing</a>, Ch 3 Tr by Stephen Mitchell <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daodejing</a>

philjreeseYield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused. Therefore the sage embraces the One, And becomes the model of the world.<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daodejing</a>, Ch. 22: Tr. by D.C. Lau <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaoTeChing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Laozi</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/LaoTzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaoTzu</a>

philjreeseThe Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. — Stephen Mitchell, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaoTeChing</a>, Verse 50<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daodejing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Laozi</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/LaoTzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaoTzu</a>

philjreese30 spokes share the wheel's hub; the center hole makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel; the space within makes it useful. Cut doors & windows for a room; the holes make it useful. Profit comes from what is there; usefulness from what is not<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daodejing</a> Ch 11 Tr Gia-Fu Feng <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoist</a>

philjreeseGreat straightness seems twisted. Great intelligence seems stupid. Great eloquence seems awkward. — Gia-Fu Feng, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daodejing</a>, Verse 45<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laozi</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laotzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laotzu</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoteching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoteching</a>

philjreeseWater is like the <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tao</a> and flows without thinking about where it is going. — <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/LaoTzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaoTzu</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaoTeChing</a>, Verse 8<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Laozi</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daodejing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/wuwei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wuwei</a>

philjreeseThere is no greater illusion than fear. — Stephen Mitchell, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaoTeChing</a>, Verse 46<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daodejing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laotzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laotzu</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laozi</a>

philjreeseBe like the <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tao</a>. It can't be approached or withdrawn from, benefited or harmed, honored or brought into disgrace. It gives itself up continually. That is why it endures. — Stephen Mitchell, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaoTeChing</a>, Verse 56<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daodejing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laotzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laotzu</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laozi</a>

philjreeseThe master allows all things to happen. She shapes events as they come. She steps out of the way and lets the Tao speak for itself. — Stephen Mitchell, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaoTeChing</a>, Verse 45<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tao</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daodejing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/LaoTzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaoTzu</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laozi</a>

philjreeseFill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.— Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 9<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daodejing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoteching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoteching</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taoism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoist</a> zi <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/LaoTzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaoTzu</a>

Annelous Stiggelbout'"Het boek van de tao" geldt als de meest vertaalde tekst ter wereld (na de Bijbel), en vertalen is één, maar begrijpen wat er staat is twee en drie en vier. Daar zorgt die toelichting van Schipper.' Kristofer Schippers vertaling van de Daodejing, "Het boek van de tao en de innerlijke kracht", is nu ook als luisterboek verschenen. <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/filosofie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#filosofie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/taoisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taoisme</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daodejing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaoTeChing</a> <a href="https://www.volkskrant.nl/boeken/luisteren-naar-de-leegte-het-kan-met-het-audioboek-van-de-tao~bc61dbef/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.volkskrant.nl/boeken/luisteren-naar-de-leegte-het-kan-met-het-audioboek-van-de-tao~bc61dbef/</a>

DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠MechanicA Book for Our Time, written in 400 BC (only $2 on sale 🤗)If you want to get away from our present world, check out Laozi’s ‘Dao De Jing’, “a compassionate soul in a world torn by hatred and ambition, dominated by those that yearned for apocalyptic confrontations and prized ideology over experienceBy speaking out against the cleverness of elites and the arrogance of the learned, Laozi upheld the wisdom of the concrete, the humble, the quotidian, the everyday individual dismissed by the great powers of the world.”Translated by <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/KenLiu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KenLiu</a> (who also translated ‘<a href="https://vmst.io/tags/TheThreeBodyProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheThreeBodyProblem</a>’)<a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Laozi</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/DaoDeJing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DaoDeJing</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Laozis-Dao-Jing-Interpretation-Transformative-ebook/dp/B0CL5FGJG4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Laozis-Dao-Jing-Interpretation-Transformative-ebook/dp/B0CL5FGJG4</a>

Charles Muller<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daodejing</a> ch. 6The valley spirit never dies...谷神不死。是謂玄牝。玄牝之門、是謂天地之根。係係若存、用之不勤。The valley spirit never dies.It is called “the mysterious female.”The opening of the mysterious femaleIs called “the root of Heaven and Earth.”Continuous, seeming to remain. Use it without exertion.

Charles Muller<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daodejing</a> ch. 5:Heaven and Earth are not humane,And regard the myriad things as straw dogs.The sage is not humane,And regards all the people as straw dogs.The space between Heaven and Earth is just like a bellows:Empty it, it is not exhausted.Squeeze it and more comes out. Excessive verbiage is usually a dead endIs not as good as holding to the center.

Charles Muller<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daodejing</a> ch 4:The Way is so vast that when you use it, something is always left.How deep it is!It seems to be the ancestor of the myriad things.It blunts sharpnessUntangles knotsSoftens the glareUnifies with the mundane.It is so full!It seems to have remainder. It is the child of I-don't-know-who.And prior to the primeval Lord-on-high.

Charles Muller<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daodejing</a> ch 3If you do not adulate the worthy, you will make others non-contentious.If you do not value rare treasures, you will stop others from stealing.If people do not see desirables, they will not be agitated. Therefore, when the sage governs,He clears people's minds,Fills their bellies,Weakens their ambition andStrengthens their bones. If the people are kept without cleverness and desireIt will make the intellectuals not dare to meddle.

Sabina Knight 桑稟華上善若水。水善利萬物而不爭，處衆人之所惡，故幾於道。The highest good is like water. Water's goodness benefits all things, without striving. It dwells in places the masses hate. Hence it is near to the Dao.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Laozi</a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Daodejing</a> #8 / 🎨 my <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#watercolor</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Daoism</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Chinese</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/philosophy" class="u-url mention">@philosophy</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/chineseliterature" class="u-url mention">@chineseliterature</a>

Sabina Knight 桑稟華持而盈之，不如其已； 揣而銳之，不可長保。 金玉滿堂，莫之能守； 富貴而驕，自遺其咎。To persist and overflow is worse than to stop. Oversharpen a blade; you can't keep it long. Amass gold and jade; no one can protect it. Be proud of wealth and titles; you'll bequeath calamity.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Laozi</a> 老子, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Daodejing</a>《道德經》 #9 (my <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#watercolor</a>) <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/philosophy" class="u-url mention">@philosophy</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/chineseliterature" class="u-url mention">@chineseliterature</a>

Robert van VlietHere are a few more hashtags I found under the seat cushion when I was looking for the remote. Trade with your friends! Collect them all!<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/RussellHoban" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RussellHoban</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MobyDick" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MobyDick</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TripmasterMonkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TripmasterMonkey</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Jung" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Jung</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/RobynHitchcock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RobynHitchcock</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Dylan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Dylan</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#typography</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#daodejing</a>

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