Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Tao Te Ching Chapter 17-6 No hurry
Today's Tao
No hurry. Don't say a word lightly. (Ch.17)
Let's decode this.
It means:
"Don't move until you are forced to."
You don't have to convince others.
Naoto Matsumoto adds:
感而後応
迫而後動
不得已而後起
(荘子 外篇 刻意 第十五)
Respond after you feel it.
Move after you are forced to.
Stand up after it is inevitable.
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