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Announcement:
[Edited 8/5/08]
Effective as of today, I am removing the forums. There doesn’t seem to be a great deal of interest, but it is taking a great deal of time to moderate all the spam and “crank” messages being posted there. I may try another message forum at another time, but for now, just post comments [...]

June 23rd, 2008 | Category: Announcement | Leave a comment

Chapter Twenty-Eight
Who knows his manhood’s strength,
Yet still his female feebleness maintains;
As to one channel flow the many drains,
All come to him, yea, all beneath the sky.
Thus he the constant excellence retains;
The simple child again, free from all [...]

June 23rd, 2008 | Category: Daily Tao | Leave a comment

Chapter Twenty-Seven
The skilful traveler leaves no traces of his wheels or footsteps; the skilful speaker says nothing that can be found fault with or blamed; the skilful reckoner uses no tallies; the skilful closer needs no bolts or bars, while to open what he has shut will be impossible; the skilful binder uses no strings [...]

June 20th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tao | Leave a comment

Chapter Twenty Six
Gravity is the root of lightness; stillness, the ruler of movement.
Therefore a wise prince, marching the whole day, does not go far from his baggage wagons. Although he may have brilliant prospects to look at, he quietly remains in his proper place, indifferent to them. How should the lord of a [...]

June 19th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tao | Leave a comment