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Ancient Female Deities

Posted by Madhu B. Wangu on December 5, 2008

Ancient Female Deities, Now Retired
More than four thousand years ago inhabitants of the fertile region of Ganga-Jamuna delta sang hymns of praise. They sung in honor of the powers of nature, of sky, of atmosphere, of earth. They sung the hymns of awe and terror to the powers of dawn, sun, ether, night, earth—its [...]

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Fifty-Eighth Chapter

Posted by Madhu B. Wangu on December 5, 2008

Fifty-Eighth Chapter
Tao-te Ching
When the ruler knows his heart,
the people are simple and contented.
When he meddles with their lives,
they become restless and contentious.
Calamity is what happiness leans on.
Happiness is what calamity hides in.
Who knows the end of this process?
Yet what is good soon becomes bad.
And the bad again becomes good.
People have been confused (by this) for [...]

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