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Lao Zi - Heaven attained Tao and become clear. Earth attained the Tao and become tranquil. Spirit attained the Tao, and become divine. Valley attained

Heaven attained Tao and become clear. Earth attained the Tao and become tranquil. Spirit attained the Tao, and become divine. Valley attained the Tao and become full, all things attained the Tao and become luxuriant and kings and princes attained the Tao and become the heads of all things under heaven. Tao is the source of all things which one cannot really name it or clearly define it. Yet it is everywhere around us. To follow Tao is to flourish while to transgress Tao is to kill oneself. When one follows the way of Tao, it is like one who follows the proper natural law of everything. Spring flower blooms till winter where everything at rest. Therefore if the heaven attained Tao, one will notice the sky is very clear. The earth become tranquil and peace when attain Tao. Spirit attains Tao and it become divine. And this goes on until all things attained Tao and become luxuriant. This is because one is back to its most original state and therefore everything flourishes under

Lao zi - The Tao does nothing, and yet there is nothing left undone.

Lao zi - The Tao does nothing, and yet there is nothing left undone. The Tao does nothing and yet there is nothing left undone. If leaders and rulers can preserver it, all will naturally fall into correct places. Author personal opinion: Have you been in a situation where you been doing a lot and found out that no matter how much you try, things is still beyond your reach. There may be many things to be solved and yet no matter how much you try, it still left undone? On the other hand, you decide to do nothing at all and see that matters get worse? From my personal experiences, there are times when one has to does nothing so everything will flow in correctly and a time when one has to does something (with minimum action) so the situation will improve. It is said that the tao does nothing and yet leave nothing undone. And if everyone could center himself or herself in it, the whole world will be transformed naturally. Everyone would be content with his or he

Lao zi -The highway is very even, but men are fond of shortcut

The highway is very even, but men are fond of shortcut. This refer to the stories when highway is direct, straight and better, men stills prefer to take shortcut with the thoughts that is faster and easier. There is once upon a time when I walked a road, which leads to my destination. On the halfway, the main road has another branch that also lead to my destination. Since the main road to my destination is a very big, even road and do not have trees, it became unbearable when one walks during noontime as the sun tend to burn the skins. On the other hand, the sideway has a lot of buildings and trees that lets one to cover one from sunlight. Thus it is always looks better. I always took the main road path. It always makes me feel tired and after 15 minutes, I would really exhaust and wonder why I would just take the main road instead of the side path. Then on occasion, I would drift to take side path, enjoying the side occasionally view. It is always feel cooler until

Lao zi chapter 5– to hold and fill is not as good as to give up. If a sword edge is sharpened to its sharpest extent, it will be hard for it to last l

Lao zi chapter 5– to hold and fill is not as good as to give up. If a sword edge is sharpened to its sharpest extent, it will be hard for it to last long. This is a saying that actually means that if one if trying to make it to be 100% perfect, it will eventually breaks fast. This theory actually applies to many situations in one life. Are you the type who wants to make things to be 100% perfect before you make it into action? Then you found that you give up halfway because you can never make it to perfect for you to publish it? This situation can happen a lot to an author or artist as they feel that the works they done are not good enough. As a result, they procrastinate and give up. The solution for this is to strive to excel, do the best you can and then let it be in action regardless imperfect it looks in your eyes, and you will feel it is much better. There are times, doing action regardless of perfect or not is better than one procrastinate and stop halfway. On the