TAO TE CHING #67 (IN THE GLOAMING)

the clouds

waterfall road

tom pruitt's house upper right

the locust

the loading pen

 

TAO TE CHING #67


 

Some say that my teaching is nonsense.

Others call it lofty but impractical.

But to those who have looked inside themselves,

this nonsense makes perfect sense,

this loftiness has roots that go deep.

I have just three things to teach:

simplicity, patience, compassion.

These three are your greatest treasures.

Simple in actions and in thoughts,

you return to the source of being.

Patient with both friends and enemies,

you accord with the way things are.

Compassionate toward yourself,

you reconcile all beings in the world.

 

---Lao Tzu

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