Tuesday 22 July 2008

Daodejing Poem 56

Singapore time 9.34 am 22nd July 2008

Knower does not talk; and talkers do not know. Stop your gratifying senses, close your doors, blunt your sharpness, resolve your disputes, unite your eye balls, make it same with the dust or dirt; this is called mystic unity.
For the Sage is neither moved by affection nor estrangement, profit nor loss, honour nor shame. Therefore he is the world's highest esteem.


Expounding meditation cannot talk, just meditate. Those who talk too much do not meditate. During meditation, you think of neither good nor bad. It is much better if you think of nothing. So stop your wondering mind, close your 6 doors to outside influences, blunt your discriminating mind, forget your worries, unite your eye balls and think that you are no different from the dust or dirt. Tao is in everything. And every things are in Tao. Life is an illusion. Your state of mind is not moved by affection, enemy, kins, gain, loss, honour, shame, happiness, sadness, like, dislike etc.


2 verses missing above, see Taoteching.
TRUTH cannot be spread by anyone. Lets take Heavenly Way or I-Kuan Tao's 3 Treasures for example. Members are told to keep it a secret or be punished by Nature. If I am the Chosen One, I can preach this but not in details. My meditation is about the same as the 3 Treasures.

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