After yesterday's incident, I have to say yes.
Today I want to put the concept of the Wu Wei *t[u] (to) test. I want to simply [s]low (flow) like water through its groove. I want to see how deep is the groove and where is the water flowing.
* I don't have any present agenda at all except to remain reactive rather tha[t] (than) proactive.
I want to p[]int (point) the sail where the wind is blowing. This might as well be the first voyage of its nature. You should know that I am not the spontaneous type. In this case, I purposely do not want to set any expectations.
Let's really trust the Universe. The first one is this song:
Tao Te Ching #81: “True words are not beautiful, beautiful words are not true”
True words are not beautiful,
beautiful words are not true.
The good are not argumentative,
the argumentative are not good.
Knowers do not generalize,
generalists do not know.
Sages do not accumulate anything
but give everything to others,
having more the more they give.
The Way of heaven
helps and does not harm.
The Way for humans
is to act without contention.
– Thomas Cleary
True words aren’t beautiful
beautiful words aren’t true
the good aren’t eloquent
the eloquent aren’t good
the wise aren’t learned
the learned aren’t wise
sages accumulate nothing
but the more they do for others
the greater their existence
the more they give to others
the greater their abundance
the Way of Heaven
is to help without harming
the Way of the Sage
is to act without struggling
– Red Pine
Words to trust are not refined.
Words refined are not to trust.
Good men are not gifted speakers.
Gifted speakers are not good.
Experts are not widely learned;
The widely learned are not expert.
Wise rulers for themselves keep naught,
Yet gain by having done for all,
Have more for having freely shared;
Do good not harm is heaven’s Way;
The wise act for and not against.
– Moss Roberts
Chapter 2
When the world knows beauty as beauty, ugliness arises
When it knows good as good, evil arises
Thus being and non-being produce each other
Difficult and easy bring about each other
Long and short reveal each other
High and low support each other
Music and voice harmonize each other
Front and back follow each other
Therefore the sages:
Manage the work of detached actions
Conduct the teaching of no words
They work with myriad things but do not control
They create but do not possess
They act but do not presume
They succeed but do not dwell on success
It is because they do not dwell on success
That it never goes away
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