Daodejing Poem 76

Singapore time 10.07 am 13th May 2008

People, when alive is supple, soft; its death is rigid. Everything - grass and trees, alive are plastic and pliant; their death are friable and dry. So, those who are rigid are followers of death. Those who are supple, soft, are followers of life. Therefore, strong army gets no victory; the stiffest tree is ready for the axe. So, rigid, strong is at the base, while soft, supple is at the top.

Cultivator of Tao uses soft approach to win. Common people use violence to win.

Chinese versions are different.

The above is from Comment of Daodejing. This poem stresses on the softness from the hard, weak from the strong. The Way of Nature is simplicity, innocent, kind, weak and steadfast. Nature makes the strong to topple and the weak to take over. This is a cycle of Life, that cannot be changed. History can prove all these. Just as dynasty collapses another arises. There is no eternity for the strong. In the end they have to be toppled.

The Way of Nature works in the weak or lowly people. Those in authority cannot understand the Way as they are pre-occupied with power and status. The END is not conquered by violence. It is conquered by non violence with the help of Nature. Nature will pour disasters on earth so that they can wake up. Most people are in the dark, either they are vieled or ears plugged. This is the beginning of DOOM or what we call retribution.

The signs are there. Creation of Israel is a sign. Invassion of Iraq and Afghannistan another sign. The human immorality is another sign. Fighting everywhere is another sign. All these pointing the END is approaching. DOOM is near to punish all those immoral human beings, to tell them that they are wrong to do whatever they like. Morality has to be upheld. Those immoral have to be punished.