Sunday, August 30, 2009
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
...from the Tao
Thirty spokes converge on a single hub,
but it is in the space where there is nothing
that the usefulness of the cart lies.
Clay is molded to make a pot,
but it is in the space where there is nothing
that the usefulness of the clay pot lies.
Cut out doors and windows to make a room,
but it is in the spaces where there is nothing
that the usefulness of the room lies.
Therefore,
Benefit may be derived from something,
but it is in nothing that we find usefulness.
...Tao Te Ching
but it is in the space where there is nothing
that the usefulness of the cart lies.
Clay is molded to make a pot,
but it is in the space where there is nothing
that the usefulness of the clay pot lies.
Cut out doors and windows to make a room,
but it is in the spaces where there is nothing
that the usefulness of the room lies.
Therefore,
Benefit may be derived from something,
but it is in nothing that we find usefulness.
...Tao Te Ching
Saturday, August 01, 2009
A note on kindness
"A positive virtue - the real thing - is not something that you do_.
It is something that you are.
A genuinely kindly man and his kindness are a single unit;
they are_one_ .
A really gentle person cannot help acting with kindness
any more than a cruel person can help but act with cruelty."
Psycho-Pictography, p. 160…
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