Daodejing Poem 55

Singapore time 8.12 am 24th July 2008

Self virtue that is massive is like an infant. Noxious insects will not sting him; wild beasts will not attack his fresh nor birds of prey peck at his head. His bones are soft, his sinews weak, but his grip is robust. He does not know the sexual union of sexes, thereby his organ shrivels, his vitality at its peak. Whole day he shouts but does not get hoarse, his body harmony is at its height.

Knowing harmony is called constancy. Knowing constancy is called enlightenment. When benefits are experienced, it is called ominous. When mind can control over matter, it is called strong.

Things that strengthen is getting old; it is not of the Way; not of the Way is early death.

This message is talking about the effect and benefit of self cultivation. Self cultivation is to have a body like the baby. The final stage is spirit over matter. So you can mentally commmand a hill to topple or fly in the atmosphere or sky. When your body is etherised, how can it die ?

That is not important as past cultivators want to achieve immortality. The present stage is to have the Mark on your forehead Sealed, so you can return to the VOID. DOOM is near. All are to return. If you refuse the Sealing you will be killed and reborn again as baby to receive the Seal.

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.

Daodejing Poem 57

Singapore time 9.47 am 20th July 2008

Use uprighteousness to govern country, use sparingly the army, use inaction to win the world. How do I know this is so? By this! The world with many taboos, the people grow poorer; people use abundant weapons, the country grows chaotic; people use multiply skills, novelties flourish; laws increase in number, more criminal abound.

For Sage said: 'I inaction, and people self reform; I love quietness, and people will be upright; I do nothing, people will prosper; I desire nothing, the people will return to their simplicity

Again here it stresses on inaction, 'wu wei'. How do the writer knew ? By this ! means meditation or gazing at the nose tip. This is action without words by pointing own nose tip and showing eyes focusing there.

The message is for the Sage King. How many lay men really can understand this ? This is why the world is in chaos because lay men use the opinions to rule others. They don't understand Nature's way of ruling. Like having more taboos or regulations, the people will be restricted and become non creative. When gun law is allowed, the country get more violent in crime. With more laws enacted does not mean less criminals but instead increase them. Human nature is to seek revenge or punishment for the offending party. They don't show compassion for the offenders. Instead of reforming them, people want murderers to die, rapist to be hanged etc. All sort of labels are used to describe the criminals.

Reforming criminals is simple. Just feed them vegetarian food and broadcast religious chant or speech to them daily. Also get them to meditate my type. In this way, they will become a better person. They might become more holier than outside priests or monks etc.

Daodejing Poem 58

Singapore time 8.26 am 19th July 2008

His rule listless, his people will be prosperous; his rule exacting, his people will be restless. Bad fortune will promote the good; good fortune too gives rise to bad. Who knows to what that leads? His not upright! Upright returns is considered rarity. Goodness returns is considered magical. People are astray, his days misled are very long indeed.

Therefore, the Sage is square but not sharp or not cunning, honest but not malign, straight but not strict, mean, bright but not dazzling.

Chinese words missing and jumble up for others.

This is talking about the Sage King. His rule is on the quiet. He is inactive 'wu wei', but his grip is that of an iron rod that can whack people. What is on the surface might not reveal the underneath. So don't judge a book by its cover. All this is because of magical power that is working for him.

He is plain, not what people look for as a leader, this is because he is not a leader. His duty is to preach the TRUTH. So he is awarded the title Sage King etc. We are all like brothers; Spirit has no gender. So it might be his turn to be One. Next time others might be Ones. That is beyond my knowledge.

Daodejing Poem 59

Singapore time 8.09 am 17th July 2008

Cure people, work for heaven, don't be stingy. oh yes, stingy, remedy is early submission. Early submission, it is called to value accumulated virtue; to value accumulated virtue however that none is not subdued, controlled. None is not subdued is however not to know its infinite resources. Not to know its infinite resources, then can have country. Having the country's mother, then it is lasting. This is called deep rooted solid stem (placenta), the everlasting life, lasting gaze 's Way.

To bring peace to the world, you mustn't be stingy, must be broadminded. Early submission is to surrender to the One inside you. Meditation will accumulate virtue. As your spiritual power or virtue increases other people will be subdued by your influence. However it is better not to know the power of your spirituality so that you can have a country to rule. The meaning is if you know its power you might make use of it to harm people. (This is the reason I discourage the practices of chapter 2 to 16 of Taoist Yoga to readers. These are martial arts and healing practices.) As the father of a country (or mother as per chapter) then you can have a lasting Tao for company.

Ruling the world is not by authority or power. It is the mandate of Nature that the Chosen One is to rule the world. Self cultivation is to accumulate virtue so that its influence can go far and wide. Preaching the TRUTH will subject others to him. This is the magic that most people do not understand. The magic is written in scriptures. His duty is just to open the cans of magic. In the end, people will push him to lead or be their president. This is to tally with I-Ching 1st hexagram Creative or Chien. The top line is unfavourable but if changed to 'Inactive or 'wu wei' dragon, there is cause for prosperity', the line will become favourable. This is why I advocate an inactive head of state for all countries on earth.

Daodejing Poem 60

Singapore time 8.49 am 13th July 2008

Cure a big country as if you fry small fishes. Using Tao to reach the world:- world's ghosts are not gods; not world's ghosts are not gods. World's god does not harm people; not world's god does not harm people.

The Sage also does not harm people. Oh, both, Sage and people, do not harm each other, so virtue converge to return to the roots.

Ruling a big country is like frying small fishes. This is to say, don't meddle too much into the affairs of others. Another meaning is inaction, 'wu wei'. To make this effective, the head of state should be inactive or without any political power, just a figure head. So he just cultivate self to prosper the country.

Lee Kuan Yew thinks he is very smart in ruling Singapore. He does not know that all these are because I am in Singapore. If I am to migrate to another country, Singapore can collapse.

Whether ghost or God, they don't harm people. It is the Act Play of Nature that is what we see. We thought this is reality. This is not. We are just actors.

It is in virtue that we have to return to our Root in the END.

Daodejing Poem 61

Singapore time 8.40 am 12th July 2008

The great country receives all the upper streams, it is the concourse of the world; it is the female of the world. It always uses quietude to overcome the male. Use of quietude is below, the base.

Therefore great country using quietude as base to small country, definitely will takeover the small country; a small country using quietude as base to big country, definitely will takeover big country. For it might be using quietude to conquer, or using quietude and slowly takeover.

The big country un-mistakenly desires for more people; small country un-mistakenly desires more works for its people. Both these countries each attains what each desires. The great must be acting as below, humble.

This chapter is slightly different from the Taoteching and the book I have.

The message here is a bit deep in meaning and is for master minds to comprehend. Tao is just like an ocean where all the water will flow into. It is like a female and its weapon is inaction 'wu wei'.

For country politics, it is humility that works. So don't show off that you are the greatest, whereby you invite jealousy, envy from others. It should work both ways for the benefits of both, not one sided.