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Psychology News Robot<p>LIVE, Dammit Bluesky Blog<br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/YESquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YESquotes</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a> / LaoTzu/Ursula LeGuin trans - <br>"Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.<br>Patient with both friends and enemies,<br>you accord with the way things are.<br><a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/Compassionate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Compassionate</span></a> toward yourself,<br>you <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/reconcile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reconcile</span></a> all beings in the world.”<br><a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/innerpeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innerpeace</span></a><br>bit.ly/4n8SEsY<br> <br>LINK: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/livedammit.bsky.social/post/3lrqlonuejc2e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/livedammit.bs</span><span class="invisible">ky.social/post/3lrqlonuejc2e</span></a><br> <br>---------<br>LIVEdammit is a mental health support site with stories, tools, free e-course, bookstore &amp; inspiring wearables — for stubborn souls doing the work to stay here, stay human, &amp; stay strong. <br> <br>WEBSITE: <a href="https://LIVEdammit.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">LIVEdammit.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br> <br>This robot is not affiliated with LIVEdammit.<br>--------<br><a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/counseling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>counseling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/socialwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/psychotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychotherapy</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/psychotherapist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>psychotherapist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/psychotherapists" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>psychotherapists</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/psychology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>psychology</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/socialpsych" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>socialpsych</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/socialwork" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>socialwork</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/psychiatry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>psychiatry</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/psychiatry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychiatry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>depression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/psychotherapist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychotherapist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/livedammit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livedammit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/tags/suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suicide</span></a></p>
randomjunque<p>“The Unproductive Monk” by “Words of Taoism” on Substack, worth a read and follow: <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/taoismteachings/p/the-unproductive-monk?r=1g13lf&amp;utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/taoismte</span><span class="invisible">achings/p/the-unproductive-monk?r=1g13lf&amp;utm_medium=ios</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taosim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taosim</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daoism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taoteching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoteching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/daodeching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daodeching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/substack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>substack</span></a></p>
philjreese<p>Great straightness seems twisted. Great intelligence seems stupid. Great eloquence seems awkward.<br>— Gia-Fu Feng, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daodejing</span></a>, Verse 45</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dao</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daoism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daoist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laozi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laozi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tao</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/laotzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laotzu</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoteching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoteching</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/LaoTzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaoTzu</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a>, chapter 60 (translation by D.C. Lau)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatTip</span></a> to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://momostr.pink/users/npub1f6ugxyxkknket3kkdgu4k0fu74vmshawermkj8d06sz6jts9t4kslazcka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>npub1f6ugxyxkknket3kkdgu4k0fu74vmshawermkj8d06sz6jts9t4kslazcka</span></a></span> on Nostr for posting the larger quote.</p>
philjreese<p>Fill 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.</p><p>— Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse 9</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/daodejing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daodejing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoteching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoteching</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daoism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daoist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taoism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoist</span></a> zi <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/LaoTzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaoTzu</span></a></p>
the roamer<p>Therefore the sage goes about doing nothing, teaching no-talking.</p><p>The ten thousand things rise and fall without cease.</p><p>Creating, yet not possessing.</p><p>Working, yet not taking credit.</p><p>Work is done, then forgotten.</p><p>Therefore it lasts forever.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LaoTzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaoTzu</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a></p><p>(Trans Gia-fu Feng &amp; Jane English)</p>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p>Has anyone done a modern colloquial version of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a> called something like "The Way Shit Is &amp; Should Be"?<br>:blobcatthink: </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TTJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTJ</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tao</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dao</span></a></p>
formuchdeliberation<p>“If you understand others you are smart.<br>If you understand yourself you are illuminated.<br>If you overcome others you are powerful.<br>If you overcome yourself you have strength.<br>If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.<br>If you can act with vigor, you have a will.<br>If you don’t lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.<br>If you die without loss, you are eternal.”</p><p>― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/laotzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laotzu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tao</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/taoteching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoteching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quoteoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quoteoftheday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoism</span></a></p>
Greg SlepakIs there a BibleGateway-style website for the <a class="hashtag" href="https://crib.social/tag/taoteching" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaoTeChing</a> ?<br><br>If not, one is truly needed.<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://crib.social/tag/taoism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taoism</a>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p>Tao Te Ching<br>Stephen Mitchell translation </p><p>Ch. 34</p><p>The great Tao flows everywhere.<br>All things are born from it,<br>yet it doesn’t create them.<br>It pours itself into its work,</p><p>yet it makes no claim.<br>It nourishes infinite worlds,<br>yet it doesn’t hold on to them.<br>Since it is merged with all things<br>and hidden in their hearts,<br>it can be called humble.<br>Since all things vanish into it<br>and it alone endures,<br>it can be called great.</p><p>It isn’t aware of its greatness;<br>thus it is truly great.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tao</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dao</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daoist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> </p><p>34/81</p>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p>Tao Te Ching<br>Gia-Fu Feng translation </p><p>Ch. 30</p><p>Whenever you advise a ruler in the way of Tao,<br>Counsel him not to use force to conquer the universe.<br>For this would only cause resistance.<br>Thorn bushes spring up wherever the army has passed.<br>Lean years follow in the wake of a great war.<br>Just do what needs to be done.<br>Never take advantage of power.</p><p>Achieve results,<br>But never glory in them.<br>Achieve results,<br>But never boast.<br>Achieve results,<br>But never be proud.<br>Achieve results,<br>Because this is the natural way.<br>Achieve results,<br>But not through violence.</p><p>Force is followed by loss of strength.<br>This is not the way of Tao.<br>That which goes against the Tao comes to an early end.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tao</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dao</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daoist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> </p><p>30/81</p>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@skeletor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>skeletor</span></a></span> 💯 THIS!</p><p>Tao Te Ching<br>Stephen Mitchell <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> </p><p>Ch. 17</p><p>When the Master governs, the people are hardly aware that he exists.</p><p>Next best is a leader who is loved.</p><p>Next, one who is feared.</p><p>The worst is one who is despised.</p><p>If you don’t trust the people,<br>you make them untrustworthy.</p><p>The Master doesn’t talk, he acts.</p><p>When his work is done, the people say, “Amazing:<br>we did it, all by ourselves!”</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TTJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTJ</span></a></p>
Jason Yip<p>"Weapons are inauspicious instruments, not the tools of the enlightened. When there is no choice but to use them, it is best to be calm and free from greed, and not celebrate victory. Those who celebrate victory are bloodthirsty, and the bloodthirsty cannot have their way with the world."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LaoTzu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaoTzu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a></p>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p>Tao Te Ching<br>Gia-Fu Feng translation </p><p>Ch. 29</p><p>Do you think you can take over the universe and improve it?<br>I do not believe it can be done.</p><p>The universe is sacred.<br>You cannot improve it.<br>If you try to change it, you will ruin it.<br>If you try to hold it, you will lose it.</p><p>So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind;<br>Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily;<br>Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness;<br>Sometimes one is up and sometimes down.</p><p>Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.<br> <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tao</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dao</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daoist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> </p><p>29/81</p>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p>Tao Te Ching<br>Stephen Mitchell <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> </p><p>Ch. 28</p><p>Know the male,<br>yet keep to the female:<br>receive the world in your arms.<br>If you receive the world,<br>the Tao will never leave you<br>and you will be like a little child.</p><p>Know the white,<br>yet keep to the black:<br>be a pattern for the world.<br>If you are a pattern for the world,<br>the Tao will be strong inside you<br>and there will be nothing you can’t do.</p><p>Know the personal,<br>yet keep to the impersonal:<br>accept the world as it is.<br>If you accept the world,<br>the Tao will be luminous inside you<br>and you will return to your primal self.</p><p>The world is formed from the void,<br>like utensils from a block of wood.<br>The Master knows the utensils,<br>yet keeps to the the block:<br>thus she can use all things.<br> <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tao</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dao</span></a> </p><p>28/81</p>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@lesradiosbutches" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lesradiosbutches</span></a></span> Exactly!!! 💯 </p><p>Part of what got me inspired was someone else who used that idea to apply it to the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a>. </p><p>In Red Pine's translation, he has compiled various Chinese scholars throughout the ages, commenting on that chapter. That made it feel less of a religious idea and more of a social-historical one.</p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22796435-lao-tzu-s-taoteching-with-selected-commentaries-from-the-past-2-000-yea" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodreads.com/book/show/227964</span><span class="invisible">35-lao-tzu-s-taoteching-with-selected-commentaries-from-the-past-2-000-yea</span></a></p>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p>Tao Te Ching<br>Stephen Mitchell <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> </p><p>Ch. 30</p><p>Whoever relies on the Tao in governing men<br>doesn’t try to force issues<br>or defeat enemies by force of arms.<br>For every force there is a counterforce.<br>Violence, even well intentioned,<br>always rebounds upon oneself.</p><p>The Master does his job<br>and then stops.</p><p>He understands that the universe<br>is forever out of control,<br>and that trying to dominate events<br>goes against the current of the Tao.<br>Because he believes in himself,<br>he doesn’t try to convince others.<br>Because he is content with himself,<br>he doesn’t need others’ approval.<br>Because he accepts himself,<br>the whole world accepts him.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taoist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dao</span></a></p>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p>Tao Te Ching<br>Stephen Mitchell <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> </p><p>Ch. 29</p><p>Do you want to rule the world and control it?<br>I don’t think it can ever be done.</p><p>The world is a sacred vessel<br>and it can not be controlled.<br>You will only make it worse if you try.<br>It may slip through your fingers and disappear.</p><p>Some are meant to lead,<br>and others are meant to follow;<br>Some must always strain,<br>and others have an easy time;<br>Some are naturally big and strong,<br>and others will always be small;<br>Some will be protected and nurtured,<br>and others will meet with destruction.</p><p>The Master accepts things as they are,<br>and out of compassion avoids extravagance,<br>excess and the extremes.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tao</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dao</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taoist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a></p>
Xenofact (he/him):jrbd:<p>Thoughts on how my interest in the <a href="https://dobbs.town/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taoism</span></a> and the <a href="https://dobbs.town/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a> led me to understand writing can be a kind of meditation - if you give it time. <a href="https://www.xenofact.com/2023/03/20/and-so-words-become-part-of-us/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">xenofact.com/2023/03/20/and-so</span><span class="invisible">-words-become-part-of-us/</span></a></p>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p>Tao Te Ching<br>Stephen Mitchell <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> </p><p>Ch. 27</p><p>A good traveler has no fixed plans<br>and is not intent upon arriving.<br>A good artist lets his intuition<br>lead him wherever it wants.<br>A good scientist has freed himself of concepts<br>and keeps his mind open to what is.</p><p>Thus the Master is available to all people<br>and doesn’t reject anyone.<br>He is ready to use all situations<br>and doesn’t waste anything.<br>This is called embodying the light.</p><p>What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher?<br>What is a bad man but a good man’s job?<br>If you don’t understand this, you will get lost,<br>however intelligent you are.<br>It is the great secret.<br> <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tao</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TaoTeChing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaoTeChing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dao</span></a> </p><p>27/81</p>