Living between bridges

Living between bridges

Thursday, June 5, 2008

道 - The way - Tao – Do- 道

"...A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct..."
Manual of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan – "Dune", Frank Herbert

It is also in the Tao ( 道 - とう - みち):

Practice no-action;
Attend to do-nothing;
Taste the flavorless,
Magnify the small,
Multiply the few,
Return love for hate.

Deal with the difficult while it is yet easy;
Deal with the great while it is yet small;

The difficult develops naturally from the easy,
And the great from the small;
So the sage, by dealing with the small,
Achieves the great.

Who finds it easy to promise finds it hard to be trusted;
Who takes things lightly finds things difficult;
The sage recognizes difficulty, and so has none
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Chapter LXIII , Tao Te Chinge – Lao-tzu