Daodejing Poem 37

Singapore time 8.49 am 31st August 2008

Tao is always in inaction and yet none is not effected. If the king can focus on it, all creatures will be transformed. After transformation and still continue their action, I will protect them using the nameless virgin block of wood. Nameless virgin block of wood is not what I want to covet. Nothing to covet using stillness, the world will be ordered or righted.

Virgin block of wood is nose. Using it is nasal gaze. Here it teaches us the head-of-state has to be in inaction. Thereby the country will prosper. For Sage King, this is Great Harmony or world peace.

I advocated the ideal political system in Election97. Initially it is based on Confucianism of 1. cultivate self, 2. regulate family, 3. cure the country and 4. bring world peace. I put an image in http://sg.geocities.com/alex_kew/image1/confucianism.gif . So the head of each body like self or family or country, when they are good, the below 2 will be good. If he is bad or evil, the below 2 will be bad. So Confucianism, I-Ching and Daodejing plus Zhuangzi etc have something in common.

Daodejing Poem 38

Singapore time 9.36 am 30th August 2008

A man of highest virtue does not act as having virtue, therefore he has virtue. The lower virtue man will show off his mannerism in access that his virtue is nought. A man of high virtue does inaction thereby everything is affected. The lower virtue man acts with accomplishment claiming to be his own. A man of highest kindness does action and claim no credits for it. A man of highest righteousness does action and claims it to be his credit. A man of highest etiquette does action without responses from others, constrains a man to bare his arms and make others do their duty. Truly, once the Tao is lost, virtue is valued. Virtue if lost, good kindness will be prominent. After that is righteousness. Losing righteousness, etiquette arises. Losing etiquette, the husk of all good faith, the beginning of anarchy. The above knowledge is Tao's splendour, and the beginning of idleness. Therefore the gentleman will place emphasis in the inner body and not the outer appearances; he emphasises the fruit not the splendour of the flower. So he skins and eats the inner sweet fruit.

This is general message. I might comment on it later.

Daodejing Poem 39

Singapore time 10.24 am 26th August 2008

These things received the One: the sky obtained it and became clear; the earth obtained it and became firm; spirit obtained it and became energised; Valley obtained it became full to overflowing; all things obtained it and became alive; the king obtains it and becomes the world's moral uprighter. Without the One: the sky without been clear it might collapse; the earth without been firm it might erupt crazily; the spirit without been energised it might become passive; valley without overflowing it might run dry; all things without life might be annihilated; king without been a moral uprighter might trip and fall. Truly, the precious has to rely on the cheap as base; height has to rely the base as foundation. Therefore the king declares: I am orphan, desolate and needy one. Isn't this is to rely on the poor and the base? Isn't it? For popularity is not popular, therefore don't desire for things: carve and polish like jade, fall like the stone.

Missing Chinese texts 琭琭

A general message. I will comment some other day on this.

Last sentence is telling us to be like polished jade not a rough stone.

Daodejing Poem 40

Singapore time 9.46 am 24th August 2008

Return (to the source) is the movement of Tao; the weak is used by Tao (to overcome the strong). In the world all things are alive for having the One; the One is borne from nothingness

The movement of Tao is a return because since there is a beginning, so there is an end. Tao makes use of weak people to rule the world in the final stage of world harmony before transformation of the earth. Tao gives birth to all things dead or alive. And Tao is nothingness or VOID.

Daodejing Poem 41

Singapore time 9.37 am 21st August 2008

High moral men hearing Tao will explore and act on it. Middle moral men hearing Tao will indulge while busy with everyday life. Low moral men hearing Tao will laugh it off. If they do not laugh it may not be the Tao. There the proverb says: understand Tao is like the dawn of day; enter Tao is like retreat; plain Tao look rough; highest virtue is like valley; broaden virtue is like not enough; establishing virtue is like stealing; substantial truth is like shifting tides; great awakening is like shame; great space has no corners; great weapon comes late; great sound is rarely heard; great form has no image; Tao is obscure without name. I confirm Tao's saying, know the goods well, then you will succeed.

For Chinese texts see Taoteching. Below is missing Chinese word for the above poem.

纇

This is a general poem.

Daodejing Poem 42

Singapore time 10.03 am 17th August 2008

The Way gives birth to one, and the one, two; and the two, three; and three give birth to everything. All things bear the yin and wrapping the yang, while rushing breath intake makes them alive. People who are bad, desolate, orphaned or needy are disliked. Likewise royal members are in the same position. Therefore less in wealth is a profit, while abundant in wealth can be a handicap. People teach likewise I do the same. If a violent man does not come to a violent death, I wish he be my teacher.

Tao gives birth to One. Before that it is void. I use O to symbolise the void. When the sperm enters an egg, it becomes One. I use 一 to symbolise it. It is like the partition that divides sky 天 from the earth 地 (see Genesis chapter 1). Water vapour is collected to form clouds, while water condensed to form rivers and oceans, exposing the earth. This line passes over the 2 eyes and ears. The one cell fertilised egg divides into 2 cells. I use 十 to symbolise the crucifix. 1 cell is the yin and 1 is the yang. So the birth of the sun and moon, they symbolise the 2 eyes. I use > and <>

During meditation eyes > < look inwards to form 女. This is the female characteristics of the Mystic Portal. Even Holy Bible talks about virgin girl to represent Jerusalem, Mount Zion etc.
Traditional Chinese characters are important. For this reason the translator used 如來 for Tathagata in the Diamond Sutra and others. Therefore Mystic Portal is the female gate 女口at the mark on our forehead. This is also why IT is called the Mother of all creations. The 8 八joining 來form the shape of a hill. It is telling us to look at it, our nose tip. See also 42 Section Sutra's chapter 42.

The last sentence of the chapter tells Taoists to be non violent. Many don't follow this instruction.



Genesis chapter 1:- In the beginning there is VOID. Then the creation of Light and Darkness. VOID is 'wu chi', Light and Darkness are 'yang' and 'yin' both combine to form 'tai chi'. VOID is 1, Light is 2 and Darkness is 3.

Daodejing Poem 43

Singapore time 10.20 am 16th August 2008

The world's softest thing penetrates quickly the world's hardest thing. There is nothing that it does not enter its space. I, it is because, know inaction's usefulness, a religion without words; for inaction's usefulness, there are a rare few who really know it.

This is talking about spiritual power from self cultivation or meditation and preaching. Hui Neng when he started his preaching he was still afraid. After some time then he was capable to protect himself. There is limitation to the power of meditation. The real power comes from preaching the TRUTH.

Very few people can understand this.