Today's Tao / Restructured World 15-12

«Today's Tao»

Who can move it and gradually have it give birth while it is at rest? (15-12)

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1. Big's note has almost no voice. (Ch.40 / Little luck)

2. Why is it so?

Because they live the thick of life. (Ch. 50 / Tao)

3. Five Notes make man's ears deaf. (Ch.12 / Middle luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Hag

Will you?

How sweet of you!

«Interpretation»

Little luck - Tao - Middle luck.

Will you sing the song of Tao? Yes? Thanks you. How sweet of you! But, you might wonder what Tao's song is? Tao's note has almost no sound. Then, you might wonder how you can listen to it. The sounds created by the media from your TV set make your ears deaf. Or rather, you had better not listen to them. If you are trapped in your everyday thick of life, you cannot hear Tao. When you hear Tao, you will see Tao's manifestation, which is in fact your everyday life.


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Today's Tao / Muddy but clear 15-11

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Who can keep Tao calm and gradually make it clear while it is muddy? (15-11)

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1. If you do something to it, you will defeat it. (Ch.64 / Bad luck)

2. Body or money, which is more? (Ch.44 / Bad luck)

3. Saying no words makes things come about by themselves. (Ch.23 / Bad luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Diva

All right, all right.

[To Hag]

I will do it.

I’ll sing the song for you.


«Interpretation»

Bad luck - Bad luck - Bad luck.

Do something! Give me more money! Get a beautiful body! What is your answer to these "sacred" mantras of our time? Do you say "C'mon. That's enough." and start your counterargument? Or, do you say "All right, all right. I will do it."? Whether you do whatever they ask you to do or counterargue their point, often nothing changes. Because you don't respect Lao Tzu's «secret of success»: "Saying no words makes things come about by themselves."


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Today's Tao / Muddy water 15-10

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Mixed, as if he were muddy water. (15-10)

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1. After man's intelligence and discrimination have appeared, we have great hypocrisy. 

(Ch.18 / Little luck)

2. Nothing in the world under the sky is softer and weaker than water.
(Ch.78 / Emptiness)

3. See the world under the sky through the world under the sky. (Ch.54 / Good luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Valet

C’mon.

Pull yourself together and do whatever pleases her.

«Interpretation»

Little luck - Emptiness - Good luck.

Do you wonder why people ask you to pull yourself together and keep your chin up? Do you wonder why they ask you to be strong and do whatever you have to do? Do you wonder why they ask you to do them while they never do? See the world as a hologram(=Genzo), that is to say, Tao's manifestation. You don't have to do what they say. You just have to accept it with love and respect. Don't you think this is the water-like attitude?


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Today's Tao / Empty 15-9

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Empty, as if he were a valley. (15-9)

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1. This is called that favor and disgrace are like excitement. (Ch.13 / Good luck)

2. You cannot find out what these three things are. (Ch.14 / Good luck)

3. Who can move it and gradually have it give birth while it is at rest? (Ch.15 / Good luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Diva

[To her Valet]

Oh, my god.

Oh, my god.

What can I do?

If I say no, this old demon is gonna kill us.

I’m scared.

«Interpretation»

Good luck - Good luck - Good luck.

Do you wonder if you are living in an imaginary world? Do you wonder if you can see the real world? Do you want to stimulate and excite the dormant reality? Are you sure you are ready to do them? Don't most people react like the diva? "Oh, my god. Oh, my god. If I disgrace Tao, it's gonna kill us. I’m scared." You, to be precise, your own self is just a backdrop of the holographic world. True You are Tao itself, so there is no death. Don't be afraid.


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Today's Tao / Thick 15-8

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Thick, as if he were an uncarved block. (15-8)

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1. When you get it, it excites you. (Ch.13 / Little luck)

2. It's just a result. Don't force any. (Ch.30 / Tao)

3. At the dark depth of this Dark Depth, lies the gateway to the various surprises of Tao.
(Ch.1 / Little luck)


«From Yama Uba»

If you sing it, you will set me free from the obsession to this imaginary world.


«Interpretation»

Little luck - Tao - Little luck.

Do you love your life? Do you love your life because it gives you what you want? Do you get frustrated when it does not give them to you? It is just a result. Don't try to act on it directly. You know the gateway to Tao lies at the dark depth of this Dark Depth. But you want to know how to open the gate. You want to know how to set yourself free from the obsession to your holographic life. But how? Yama Uba the hag answers your question: "Sing the song of Tao." It means: "Live every moment of your life, consciously emitting Love/Tao/Buddha."


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Today's Tao / Disintegrating 15-7

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Disintegrating, as if he were ice about to melt. (15-7)

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1. They don't want to be like jade. (Ch.39 / Middle luck)

2. If I don't have my body, I don't have any trouble. (Ch.13 / Bad luck)

3. Learn it in the country, and its attainment is rich. (Ch.54 / Good luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Hag

Right!

I’ve come all the way through many, many mountains only to hear you sing about me divinely, with my own ears.

«Interpretation»

Middle luck - Bad luck - Good luck.

Do you wonder why your life is like climbing like a mountain? Do you wonder why you have to be always going through hardships and troubles? Do you wonder why life is not fair? Some are rich. Some are poor. Some refuse to be poor. Some don't want to be rich. Do you wonder why you cannot control your life? You find Zen Master Dogen's answer at Inmo chapter in his Shobogenzo: Because neither life nor self is yours. Zen Master Ikkyu have Yama Uba the hag say his answer: You travel all the way through your life to hear Tao's divine song.


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Today's Tao / Solemn 15-6

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Solemn, as if he were a guest. (15-6)

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1. This act is making the mean their root, is it not? (Ch.39 / Bad luck)

2. How do I know that all the roots of material beings are like that?

By the name of Tao. (Ch.21 / Good luck)

3. Make them settle in their dwellings. (Ch.80 / Good lick)


«From Yama Uba»

Diva

It is very bizarre.

Are you saying that you are a real witch in the mountains?

«Interpretation»

Bad luck - Good luck - Good luck.

Do you wonder what Tao is? Do you wonder why Tao exists? But, don't you think it is bizarre? While you want to know what Tao is, when it appears, you don't like it. Tao is the circulation of nothingness. When you think about it in English, your thought process has to stop right here: Nothing cannot circulate because nothing exists. Have you ever thought about the probability that while you are thinking in English, you can never accept the nonexistence of Self? This might be the reason why you are not happy about your life.


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Today's Tao / Hesitant 15-5

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Hesitant, as if he were afraid of four neighbours. (15-5)

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1. The more intelligent the people are, the more evil acts take place. (Ch.57 / Little luck)

2. Neighboring countries can see each other. (Ch.80 / Emptiness)

3. Seeing the small is called enlightenment. (Ch.52 / Good luck)

«From Yama Uba»

And, you know, then I can go back to the real world of love where I belong.

That’s why I have been so desperate to see you.

«Interpretation»

Little luck - Emptiness - Good luck.

Do you wonder what you are doing in this world, where the grass seems to be always greener in your neighbor's backyard? Do you wonder why you have to live in this world, where the intelligent people seem to take advantage of the less intelligent? Do you wonder why it is too difficult to accept that the very living itself is Satori the enlightenment?
Then, listen to this:

"I am always doing this desperately."

吾れ常に是に於いて切なり / 吾常於此切

 (Zen Master Tozan Ryokai 807-869 洞山良价)
[Tung-shan Liang-chieh / Dongshan Liangjie]


By living desperately, you can go back to the real world of Love.


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Today's Tao / Take time 15-4

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Taking time, as if he walked across a river in winter. (15-4)

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1. Living after his life is a long life. (Ch.33 / Emptiness)

2. What people don't like are surely "orphan", "less virtue", and "no good". And kings and lords use them to call themselves. (Ch.42 / Middle luck)

3. This act is making the mean their root, is it not? (Ch.39 / Bad luck)


«From Yama Uba»

If you dedicate that beautiful song to Buddha, how wonderful, it will purify me and I can forget about the obsession to the material world.


«Interpretation»

Emptiness - Middle luck - Bad luck.

Do you wonder why some people are so obsessed with the material things? Do you wonder why some people are so obsessed with the eternal youth? Do you wonder why some people are so obsessed with the surgical beauty or the non-surgical beauty? Do you wonder if Lao Tzu might call them "orphan", "less virtue", "no good" or "mean"? Or rather, do you wonder how you can forget any obsession? Then, listen to Yama Uba's answer: "Sing your beautiful holographic song to Buddha." You know what this song is, I suppose.


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Today's Tao / Mr I-know-Tao? 15-3

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Though we can't understand him, let us force ourselves to picture what he is like. (15-3)

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1. Those who act according to the attainment of Tao are one with the attainment of Tao.
(Ch.23 / Bad luck)

2. People starve because their king taxes them too much. That's why they starve.
(Ch.75 / Little luck)

3. You regard disgrace as something bad. (Ch.13 / Bad luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Then, why don’t you sing the song for me?

«Interpretation»

Bad luck - Little luck - Bad luck.

Do you wonder why they don't sing the song for you? That is to say, do you wonder why your life doesn't go as you wish? Do you wonder why you have to be disgraced and humiliated in your life? Do you wonder why life doesn't reward you although you are sending Love to everyone? Do you want to accuse your government and politicians taxing you too much? Do you want to accuse some conspirators of ruling the world and making most people starve? Do you wonder why Tao doesn't sing the song of the dragon for you?

Zen Master Ungo Doyo 雲居道膺 says:

"If you want to get the Inmo (= the "what the hell" thing) matter, you are justly an Inmo person.
If you are already an Inmo person, why do you have to worry about the Inmo matter?
  欲得恁麼事、須是恁麼人。既是恁麼人、何愁恁麼事。

In other words, if you are interested in the hologram, you are justly aware that you are part of the hologram. If you are already aware that your own self is part of the hologram, why do you have to worry about your holographic world?


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Today's Tao / How profound! 15-2

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We cannot tell how profound he was. (15-2)

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1. Knowing satisfaction is wealthy. (Ch.33 / Middle luck)

2. Riding and hunting make man's mind go crazy. (Ch.12 / Tao)

3. Be the valley under the sky. (Ch.28 / Middle luck)


«From Yama Uba»

You are famous.

Everyone’s talking about you.

Why?

Because of the song about me!

You know it very well.


«Interpretation»

Middle luck - Tao - Middle luck.

Do you wonder why they want to be famous? Do you wonder why they want the others to talk about them? Do you wonder why they want to be wealthy? Do you wonder why they think that you cannot be satisfied if you aren't wealthy? Do you wonder why they want to lose their mind? Do you wonder why they think that you are not religious unless you are crazy or go beyond the conscious level? Yama Uba the hag knows the answer: because of Tao's song. What does she mean by this? She means that all their opinions and mockeries as well as any action or reaction are the song about Tao, that is to say, the manifestation of Tao/Love/Buddha. You know this very well. If not, it is the manifestation of Tao, too.


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Today's Tao / Dark Depth 15-1

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In the old days, a man who knew well about Tao comprehended Dark Depth minutely and subtly. (15-1)

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1. Not losing this place is eternal. (Ch.33 / Tao)

2. I am the heart of a fool! Chaotic! (Ch.20 / Good luck)

3. Even if you try to see it, you can't do it. (Ch. 14 / Good luck)


«From Yama Uba»

You don’t give a damn about the woman you are singing about.

Curse it, you!

«Interpretation»

Tao - Good luck - Good luck.

Do you wonder why they are interested in Tao? Do you suspect that they think that with Tao they can improve their lives? Do you wonder if they think that Taoism is a kind of tool that can reduce your everyday-life stress? Do you wonder if they really know about Tao while they are exploiting its superficial exoticism to make some benefit? Do you wonder why they regard you as a fool when you talk about the true teachings from Tao Te Ching? Do you feel that they are typical materialists who are not capable of believing in what science cannot explain while the very scientists admit the limit of scientific explanation? Some people are too afraid to swap their scientific «gold standard» with the eternal and spiritual «non-numeral standard».


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Today's Tao / Tao's quintessence 14-19

«Today's Tao»

It is called the quintessence of Tao. (14-19)

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1. Though there are armor and arms, there is nowhere to show them off. (Ch.80 / Emptiness)

2. It is not only that the demons are not gods, but that its gods don't hurt people. (Ch.60 / Bad luck)

3. It's just a result. Don't force any. (Ch.30 / Tao)


«From Yama Uba»

You sing the song beautifully, but that’s all.

Just lyrics and pretensions.

«Interpretation»

Emptiness - Bad luck - Tao.

Do you wonder why they sing songs? Do you wonder why they sing the songs against the war? Do you wonder why they sing the songs against the war, while playing a video game of war or watching a film of arms dealers? Do you wonder if demons exist? Do you wonder if gods exist? Do you wonder if Kami of video games exist? You agree when Yama Uba says: "Just lyrics and pretensions," don't you? Even when you are the worst player of any game or the least capable vender of any product, it is just a result. It is just a hologram. Don't worry. You don't have to sing the song beautifully. All you have to do is to remember that you are emitting Tao/Love/Zen while singing any song as poorly as possible.


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