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guide others by relying on tao

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The

best leader is one

whose existence is barely known.

Next best is one who is loved and praised.

After that, one who is feared. Worst

of all is a leader who is

despised.

 

If you

fail to trust people,

you won’t inspire their trust.

Therefore, guide others by quietly

relying on Tao. Then, when the

work is done, the people can

say, “We did this

ourselves.”

 

Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu

Chapter 17

 

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inner wealth and outer fortune

anne hardy

 

Inner wealth

consists of modesty, balance,

understanding, and compassion for others.

When you have achieved this, your

outer fortune will be

unlimited.

 

fifth changing line

from The I Ching, or Book of Changes

Hexagram 48, Ching / The Well

 

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the way of heaven, the way of the sage

shero

 

True words aren’t

elaborate. Elaborate words aren’t true.

Good people don’t argue. People who argue

aren’t good. People who know aren’t

full of facts. People who are full

of facts don’t know.

 

The sage doesn’t hoard.

She increases her treasure by

working for her fellow human beings.

She increases her abundance

by giving herself

to them.

 

The way of heaven:

benefit all, harm none.

The way of the sage: work

for all, contend

with none.

 

Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 81

 

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contact with good and bad

the most authentic master I ever encountered

 
Something in prolonged contact with rouge eventually becomes red, something in prolonged contact with soot eventually becomes black. What I realize as I observe this is the tao of habituation to good and bad.
 
When you live with good people, what you always hear are good words and what you always see are good actions. Hearing and seeing good words and actions over a long period of time plants good seeds in your mind, so that you spontanteously become accustomed to goodness.
 
When you live with bad people, what you always hear are bad words and what you always see are bad actions. Hearing and seeing bad words and bad actions over a long period of time plants bad seeds in your mind, so that you naturally become accustomed to badness.
 
Good and bad people are said to be so by nature, but most become so through habit. Therefore wise people choose their associates carefully.
 

Liu I-Ming

awakening to the tao

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