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I'm Max Guadagnino, and I live in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The description of my page is:
Eastern Philosophy
Chinese Literature
Lao-Tsu
This page will display thoughts from Lao-Tsu's Tao Te Ching and related material.
HERE IS A SAMPLE:
"The Tao that can be expressed
Is not the Tao of the Absolute.
The name that can be named
Is not the name of the Absolute.The nameless originated Heaven and Earth.
The named is the Mother of All Things.Thus, without expectation,
One will always perceive the subtlety;
And, with expectation,
One will always perceive the boundary."Quoted from Lao-Tsu's Tao Te Ching As translated by R.L. Wing
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Monday
2. USING POLARITY
When all the world knows beauty as beauty,
There is ugliness.
When they know good as good,
There there is evil.
In this way
Existence and nonexistence produce each other.
Difficult and easy complete each other.
Long and short contrast each other.
High and low attract each other.
Pitch and tone harmonize each other.
Future and past follow each other.
Therefore, Evolved Individuals
Hold their position without effort,
Practice their philosophy without words,
Are a part of All Things and overlook nothing.
They produce but do not possess,
Act without expectation,
Succeed without taking credit.
Since, indeed, they take no credit, it remains with them.
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Tuesday
3. KEEPING PEACE
Do not exalt the very gifted,
And people will not contend.
Do not treasure goods that are hard to get,
And people will not become thieves.
Do not focus on desires,
And people's minds will not be confused.
Therefore, Evolved Individuals lead others by
Opening their minds,
Reinforcing their centres,
Relaxing their desires,
Strengthening their characters.
Let the people always act without strategy or desire;
Let the clever not venture to act.
Act without action,
And nothing is without order.
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Wednesday
4. THE NATURE OF THE TAO
The Tao is empty and yet useful;
Somehow it never fills up.
So profound!
It resembles the source of All Things.
It blunts the sharpness,
Unties the tangles,
And harmonizes the brightness.
It identifies with the ways of the world.
So deep!
It resembles a certain existence.
I do not know whose offspring it is,
This Image in front of the source.
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Thursday
5. HOLDING TO THE CENTRE
Heaven and Earth are impartial;
They regard All Things as straw dogs.
Evolved Individuals are impartial;
They regard all people as straw dogs.
Between Heaven and Earth,
The space is like a bellows.
The shape changes,
But not the form.
The more it moves,
The more it produces.
Too much talk will exhaust itself.
It is better to remain centered.
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Friday
6. PERCEIVING THE SUBTLE
The mystery of the valley is immortal;
It is known as the Subtle Female.
The gateway of the Subtle Female
Is the source of Heaven and Earth.
Everlasting, endless, it appears to exist.
Its usefulness comes with no effort.
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Saturday
7. THE POWER OF SELFLESSNESS
Heaven is eternal, the Earth everlasting.
They can be eternal and everlasting
Because they do not exist for themselves.
For that reason they can exist eternally.
Therefore, Evolved Individuals
Put themselves last,
And yet they are first.
Put themselves outside,
And yet they remain.
It is not because they are without self-interest
That their interest succeeds?
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Sunday
8. NONCOMPETITIVE VALUES
The highest value is like water.
The value in water benefits All Things,
And yet it does not contend.
It stays in places that others disdain,
And therefore is close to the Tao.
The value in a dwelling is location.
The value in a mind is depth.
The value in relations is benevolence.
The value in words is sincerity.
The value in leadership is order.
The value in work is competence.
The value in effort is timeliness.
Since, indeed, they do not contend,
There is no resentment.
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