Comments for Tao of the Day

Comment on 69. Strategists have a saying: by Ptuny

Ptuny — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:38:35 +0000

Those words (Should) apply even today!
Makes so much more sense than anger.

Comment on 67. The reason everybody calls my Tao great by Ptuny

Ptuny — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:47:20 +0000

We need a very big smile here!

Comment on 66. The reason the river and sea can be regarded as by Ptuny

Ptuny — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:27:07 +0000

Now THAT makes sense!

Comment on 64. That which is at rest is easy to grasp. by Ptuny

Ptuny — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:24:02 +0000

A good basis for life!
A hard one to follow.
But it is never easy, is it?

Comment on 63. Do without “doing.” by Dr_Arcane

Dr_Arcane — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:37:02 +0000

Yes, this is one of the best ones!

Comment on 63. Do without “doing.” by Ptuny

Ptuny — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:28:58 +0000

I like that!

Comment on 61. The great state should be like a river basin. by Ptuny

Ptuny — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:16:20 +0000

How wonderful these words are today!

Comment on 54. The well-established cannot be uprooted by Ptuny

Ptuny — Tue, 29 May 2007 15:57:13 +0000

The scope is unimaginable isn’t it?
This is big!

Comment on 47. Without going out the door, knowing everything by Ptuny

Ptuny — Mon, 21 May 2007 20:59:39 +0000

I have found, that almost everything I need, is within reach.

Comment on 46. When the Tao prevails in the land by Ptuny

Ptuny — Sun, 20 May 2007 21:08:29 +0000

“Natural disasters are not as bad as not knowing what is enough.
Loss is not as bad as wanting more.”

A natural disaster is the greatest of all equalizers.
Within this, the poor man looses little, and moves forward, rebuilding his life!
The rich man looses his possessions, and cries the loss of possessions, wasting good time in rebuilding his life.

Comment on 44. Which is dearer, fame or your life? by Ptuny

Ptuny — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:29:33 +0000

“Therefore we always pay a great price for excessive love.
And suffer deep loss for great accumulation.”

If you live your life calmly, love grows (not excessively), but comfortably. Therefore, better I think!
Loss is something we accept (sometimes slowly), and can learn to live with, if again, we let it grow slowly, once we have realized it.

Comment on 42. The Tao produces one, one produces two by Ptuny

Ptuny — Wed, 16 May 2007 02:34:05 +0000

“Maybe considering one’s self unworthy isn’t a bad thing”…..
Now your learning Doc.!

Comment on 42. The Tao produces one, one produces two by Dr_Arcane

Dr_Arcane — Tue, 15 May 2007 15:22:14 +0000

Wow, that’s a great analysis.

I do the same thing and I have always considered it a fault.

Maybe considering one’s self unworthy isn’t a bad thing.

Comment on 42. The Tao produces one, one produces two by Ptuny

Ptuny — Tue, 15 May 2007 15:19:35 +0000

“People hate to think of themselves as “orphan,” “lowly,” or “unworthy”
Yet the kings call themselves by these names.”
It seems that everything that I attempt to do is never finished in my mind.
Outwardly yes, it is done!
But always within, I wonder could I have done better?
And, then I know the answer is “YES!”
So I begin to do something again in a different way, only to come to the same conclusion!
There is great peace in this searching for elevation while remaining unworthy!

Comment on 40. Return is the motion of the Tao by Dr_Arcane

Dr_Arcane — Sun, 13 May 2007 15:08:31 +0000

I think that must be the shortest of all the chapters, so I’ll add a little extra here… My thoughts on it.

> Return is the motion of the Tao.
> Softening is its function.

This reminds me of a recent discussion about rocks in a stream or in the ocean. As the water breaks over the rocks, the rocks become “softened.” This is the function of water.

> All things in the cosmos arise from being.

Obviously all things that we can see and touch have being.

> Being arises from non-being.

This is the sticky point. I’ve spent a good deal of time lately reading about epistemology (how we make meaning). Some people think language makes meaning. That is a thing could exist, but until we make language to describe it, people don’t notice it.

Comment on 35. Holding to the Great Form by Ptuny

Ptuny — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:03:20 +0000

…………….It is so big, yet so very small, one can feel comfortable carrying it at all times.

Comment on 33. If you understand others you are smart by Ptuny

Ptuny — Sun, 06 May 2007 03:15:31 +0000

“If you die without loss, you are eternal.”
Heck of a last line.
I like that!

Comment on 32. The Tao is always nameless by Ptuny

Ptuny — Sat, 05 May 2007 13:57:06 +0000

Okay, makes more sense now!
Again….thanks Doc.

Comment on 32. The Tao is always nameless by Dr_Arcane

Dr_Arcane — Sat, 05 May 2007 05:24:11 +0000

Actually Taoism in general is very “anti-name” oriented.

Much of the Tao was written in reaction to Confucianism, which was developed at about the same time as the Tao was written down. Confucianism was big on naming things. Confucius himself was part of a movement for the “Rectification of Names.” Apparently different villages in China had different names for the same things. Confucius wanted to consolidate and standardize names. Taoism saw this as a bad thing, and hence the bias against naming of things. Look back to the very first line of Tao #1 for the best example of this.

Comment on 32. The Tao is always nameless by Ptuny

Ptuny — Sat, 05 May 2007 05:03:07 +0000

Are we taslking about “False” titles here?
eg. being just a nameless person doing something will be more productive to good,
than Naming it and having a false sense of importance mean more that the job?

Comment on 31. Sharp weapons are inauspicious instruments by Ptuny

Ptuny — Fri, 04 May 2007 04:10:03 +0000

I would perfer to stand behind the leader I choose, and follow him!

Comment on 30. If you used the Tao as a principle for ruling by Ptuny

Ptuny — Fri, 04 May 2007 04:08:08 +0000

Accomplish but don’t boast
Accomplish without show
Accomplish without arrogance
Accomplish without grabbing
Accomplish without forcing.

modesty

Comment on 25. There is something that is perfect in its disorder by Ptuny

Ptuny — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:02:30 +0000

The mind boggles!

Comment on 24. Standing on tiptoe, you are unsteady. by Ptuny

Ptuny — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:39:34 +0000

so to walk down the middle of the road in sincerity is best!

Comment on 23. To speak little is natural by Ptuny

Ptuny — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:55:19 +0000

Less is more?

Comment on 22. The imperfect is completed by Dr_Arcane

Dr_Arcane — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:46:13 +0000

You “completed” it? Uh-oh. Better try again

Comment on 22. The imperfect is completed by Ptuny

Ptuny — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:31:35 +0000

I got all the way through it, and it was good!

Comment on 21. The forms of great virtue by Dr_Arcane

Dr_Arcane — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:53:47 +0000

It almost sounds like a self parody, doesn’t it?

How Vague! How mysterious!

Comment on 21. The forms of great virtue by Ptuny

Ptuny — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:40:49 +0000

I am speechless!

Comment on 20. Get rid of “learning” by Ptuny

Ptuny — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:33:44 +0000

What I see here is a longing to be like others, and the failure to look within yourself for the joys and satisfactions that YOU can (and must) bring to your own life!