Seventieth Chapter
Tao-te Ching
My teachings are very easy to understand
and very easy to practice;
yet so few in this world understand,
and so few are able to practice.
My words have a source (Nature).
My deeds have a master (Tao).
The people have no knowledge of this,
therefore they have no knowledge of me.
This is why sage dresses plainly,
even though his interior [...]
Sixty-Ninth Chapter
Tao-te Ching
A soldier says:
I dare not make the first move; I rather play the guest;
I dare not advance an inch, I rather retreat a foot.
He wants:
To march forward without advancing,
To push back without using weapons.
There is no greater misfortune than feeling “I have an enemy.”
For when “I” and “enemy” exist together there is no [...]
In the creative process writers attempt to enter into the treasure trove of images, ideas and symbols–the unconscious. In the darkness of this underworld they wait for a glimpse from millions of dormant and forgotten thoughts and feelings. Sometimes, for a moment, light flashes on a raw emotion or idea. As the ideas and images [...]
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