Daodejing Poem 23

第 二 十 三 章 

希 言 自 然 。 故 飄 風 不 終 朝 ， 驟 雨 不 終 日 。 孰 為 此 者 ？ 天 地 天 地 尚 不 能 久 ， 而 況 於 人 乎 ？ 故 從 事 於 道 者 ， 道 者 同 於 道 ， 德 者 同 於 德 ， 失 者 同 於 失 。 同 於 道 者 ， 道 亦 樂 得 之 ； 同 於 德 者 ， 德 亦 樂 得 之 ； 同 於 失 者 ， 失 亦 樂 得 之 。 信 不 足 ， 焉 有 不 信 焉 。 

Rare speech is natural. For whirlwind will not last the morning out; the cloudburst ends before the day is done. What makes them behave like that? The sky and earth! Sky and earth can not last long, how about men? Those who work by the Way, will be with the Way. Those who work by the virtue, will be with the virtue. Those who abandon the Way, will be abandoned. Walking with those of the Way, the Way gladly receives them. Walking with those of the virtue, virtue will gladly receives them. Walking with those who abandon the Way, abandon will gladly receives them. When your belief is insufficient, it is you have no belief !

General message for all. You have Tao and believe it faithfully, you will be saved. Abandon Tao and Tao will abandons you.

As Tao is the omnipresent One inside us and all, everything will go on naturally. There is no worry even if the sky is to fall down. How can Tao fail us when we faithfully have confidence in It.

Daodejing Poem 24

第 二 十 四 章 

跂 者 不 立 ， 跨 者 不 行 ， 自 見 者 不 明 ， 自 是 者 不 彰 。 自 伐 者 無 功 ， 自 矜 者 不 長 。 其 在 道 也 ， 曰 餘 食 贅 行 。 物 或 惡 之 ， 故 有 道 者 不 處 也 。 

Seekers will not be established; long strikes would not work; Self opinioned cannot be enlightened; self conceited will fail; boasting will give you little result; arrogant and you cannot last long. All these belong to Tao; the saying: 'remnants of food or a tumour on the body, which all dislike. hence those with Tao will not let them space to enter'.

Seek for Tao, you cannot find it. Tao is just nasal gaze, and the mind thinking of nothing.

The Tao inside us is a VOID. It is the 'suan kuan' acu point at our nose bridge, in between our 2 eyes. Even nasal gaze cannot see this point. It is the focus or concentration at this point, that we can sense the movement of energy running in our body.

Awful Horror

See http://sg.geocities.com/alex_kew/hebrew9.html  and

http://uk.geocities.com/alex_kew/chquran/surah48.htm  .

Daodejing Poem 25

第二十五章

有物混成，先天地生，寂兮寥兮，獨立而不改，周行而不殆，可以為天下母。吾不知其名，字之曰道，強為之名曰大。大曰逝，逝曰遠。遠曰反。故道大，天大，地大，王亦大。域中有四大，而王處一焉。人法地，地法天，天法道，道法自然。

Having things mixed to form a product, but first the sky and earth must be created. So silent, so aloof and so alone, it changes not, nor fails, but touches all; it can be the mother of sky and earth. I do not know its name; a name for it is Tao or Way and designates it as great. Great means outgoing, outgoing means far, far means return. So Tao is great, the sky is great, the earth is great, people (ren) is also great. Within the realm there are 4 great things, and people (ren) stands among them. People (ren) conforms to the earth; earth conforms to the sky; the sky conforms to the Tao; Tao's phenomenon is nature.

4 great things, but 1 is Tao, unseen, untouchable. Therefore it is only 3 things, the trinity. When Tao creates these 3 things, the others will be formed.

King is in place here instead of people. This Chinese version is from Taoism.org.hk. King is to signify the king's role in achieving world peace. See poems 32 and 37.

Tao is a return when the time is ripe. Now the time is up for all to return.

My Grand-Nephew

Kavin was borne on 23rd September 2008. Pictures taken on 25th September 2008.

Daodejing Poem 26

第二十六章 

重為輕根，靜為躁君，是以君子終日行不離輜重；雖有榮觀，燕處超然。奈何以萬乘之主，而身輕天下？輕則失臣，躁則失君。 

Heavy is the roots of the light; quietness is the master of worry. Therefore the Sage performs his duty daily with consideration of the consequences. Even with disturbances and beautiful sight, he keeps his paces at peace as per normal. How can one who commands ten thousand officers, uses his body to entertain the merriment of the world? Engross in merriment will loose one's roots; worry will loose one's stature.

A general message for the Sage King.

Daodejing Poem 27

A good walk leaves no tracks. A good speech has no flaws to censure. A good calculator uses no tallies. A good door is well shut without bolts and cannot be opened. A good know is tied without rope and cannot be loosen. Therefore the Sage always helps people, so that none are cast aside; he is always saving things, so that none are thrown away. This is called applied intelligence. That is why the good man is the bad man's teacher; and the bad man is the good man's business. If one does not respect his teacher, or the other does not love his business, it is a very great error. This is indeed an important secret.

General message for the Sage King. So all the evil people on earth are my business. That is to say you have to treat your enemies as your loved ones.