Today's Tao
Casual promises surely lack faith. (Ch.63)
What does Lao Tzu mean by "faith"?
Faith in what?
He asks us to have the faith in Tao's mechanism.
Do you believe in the cycle of energy between you and non-you?
Yin and Yang are the symbolic names for the sending end and the receiving end of the energy.
It doesn't matter which is which.
From another point of view, it is the reciprocal creation of your own self and the hologram.
The word "promises" should be interpreted as expressing one's opinion.
Don't you speak too much to convince others?
In Zen Buddhism, they say 不戯論 [fu ke ron], which means:
"Don't argue casually".
If you speak too much, it shows that you do not have much faith in "Do nothing".
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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 63
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