Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-21 Like stone

Today's Tao

They are like stone. (Ch.39)


"Be like dust", says Lao Tzu.

In the chapter of Mountain Water Sutra 山水経 [san sui kyo] in his «Shobogenzo» 正法眼蔵, Dogen 道元 quotes Fuyo Dokai (Fu-jung Tao-k'ai) 芙蓉道楷:

"Blue mountains walk constantly. A stone woman gives birth to a child at night." 青山常運歩、 石女夜生児。

Dogen tells us not to doubt if mountains walk.

"While you are doubting mountains' walk, you don't know anything about your own walk", he says.

"Mountains" and "stone" as well as your own self are part of your hologram.

A stone woman gives birth to her child, and the child gives birth to the stone woman.

This is the Yin Yang cycle.

Nature and people are our prayer wheel.


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-Monaco is well-known for its Casino de Monte Carlo and Formula 1 Grand Prix. Some may associate the principality with off-shore banking. But, believe it or not, it enjoys a beautiful Japanese garden in its territory. The garden was conceived and built by a Japanese master from Kyushu. He didn't like to bring in all the rocks and mosses from Far East. He believed that the materials must be related to the land there. Surely, the garden is authentic both in style and in spirit. Princess Grace must be quite content.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-20 No jade

Today's Tao

They don't want to be like jade. (Ch.39)


A: "Master Bonbon, if I meditate three hours a day, can I be a movie star?"

B: "That is not enough."

A: "Okey. I will meditate five hours a day. How about that?"

B: "There is something more important than meditation. All the stars make a generous donation to us. Then, we can invest in Treasury Bonds."


Do we really want to be a star?

Do we really want to shine like jade?

Lao Tzu discourages you from standing out.

You don't have to be brilliant.


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-You don't have to be a star, baby, to be in my show.... So stop your running around 'cause now you've found what was cloudy is clear. (YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STAR / Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.)

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-19 No honor

Today's Tao

Therefore, if they often do something honourable, there is no honour. (Ch.39)


Honor must have been quite important to Confucius, but not at all to Lao Tzu.

It was not important at all to Zen Master Dogen as well. He thought it was rather dangerous.

After his disciple Genmyo came back joyfully from the then capital Kamakura with the letter of a grant of land by Shikken Tokiyori, the most powerful man in the country, Master Dogen castigated him and made him leave the temple.

It was not enough for the pious master. He made the disciple's seat taken away and the soil beneath it thrown away.

They had to dig as deep as seven feet.


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-The Japanese adore simplicity of colour and form. The art in Kamakura period is an antonym of Baroque. It is just a 40-minute-train-ride away from the center of Tokyo. Kamakura is worth visiting especially when you don't have time enough to go to Nikko or Kyoto but have an afternoon free.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-18 Mean = Root

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Today's Tao

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


Water stays in the lower place.

That's the idea of the mean = the root.

This is how you can remember that you are one with Tao.

"Though you haven't crossed it yet, let others cross it first."

«[Ji mi toku do, sen do ta] 自未得度先度他».

Let's say "After you." as often as you can.

Then you will see that your own self and others are in fact part of the same hologram.

The most humble way is being like the baby Buddha who said:

"Above heaven, below heaven, I am the only respectable being."

«[Tenjo tenge yuiga doku son] 天上天下唯我独尊»

I hope you will understand this.

This is not haughty at all. He is saying everything is one.


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-Yama Uba has often been used as a motif in Ukiyo-e. Although Yama Uba was considered grotesque and scary at the beginning, the Japanese started liking her supernatural power. Later on, she was associated with Kintoki, a powerful baby, and regarded as his mother. On the other hand, Zen Master Ikkyu gave her a different interpretation.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-17 Lords & Kings = Less virtue

Today's Tao

That's why lords and kings call themselves "orphans", "less virtue", and "no good". (Ch.39)


A: "Master Bonbon, I have a question."

B: "Excuse me, but what did you call me?"

A: "«Master Bonbon», Master Bonbon."

B: "You are wrong, idiot. You have to address me as «Your Serene Holiness Master Bonbon»."


Master Bonbon, you have to learn how to be humble first.

Don't brag that you are the master of your hologram.

Nevertheless, you don't have to belittle yourself by calling yourself «less virtue» or «no good».

If you don't judge, neither virtue nor good exists.

How about calling yourself «Big Clumsy»?

Not too haughty. Not too humble.

It is a good name, Dr Daisetz Suzuki.


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-Daisetz Suzuki, a Zen Buddhist, got more interested in Shinran, the founder of Jodo Shin Shu (Pure Land Shin school) as he got older. So did Ikkyu. Shusaku Endo, a Christian novelist, was more criticized for being too Buddhist-like as he got older. When we leave this floating world, we would like to be a good friend of the gatekeeper to the other side of the River.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-16 High = Low

Today's Tao

The high make the low their basis. (Ch.39)


Lao Tzu says in Chapter 2:

"Highness and lowness need each other".

One should not tell something high from something low.

Don't judge.

They are both part of your hologram.

If you cannot help judging something and getting upset, what can you do?

Well, sometimes we cannot help it, can we?

Then, don't try to suppress your feelings. Don't try to blame yourself for being an imperfect Taoist.

Don't worry. Your feelings are part of your hologram. Just accept them with respect no matter how despicable or snobbish they are.

No judgement is the basis of Taoism, including no judgement on yourself.


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-Everything is floating. Why do we want our life to be secure? Uki-kusa, floating weeds, are our friends, or, to be precise, the metaphor of our own being. Film director Yasujiro Ozu tells us about a story of a traveling theatre company. They travel like water weeds. Young Ayako Wakao is simply too beautiful to miss.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-15 Noble = Mean

Today's Tao

Therefore, the noble make the mean their root. (Ch.39)


You should not segregate something noble from something mean as you should not segregate you own self from others.

All of them are holograms you project.

Don't despise someone mean as you don't despise someone noble.

Don't despise your own self as you don't despise others.

All of them are precious holograms and catalysts to stimulate true You.

True You are the root of everything, which is Tao.


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-Ukiyo, the floating world. I don't know where the Japanese got this idea. I'd love to think that it came from Puka Puka island in French Polynesia. In Japanese, "puka puka" signifies the state of floating. Certainly, the Japanese archipelago has received a lot of influence from Pacific islanders. It must not be a coincidence.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-14 Lords & Kings = Masters

Today's Tao

If lords and kings were not masters, they might stumble and fall. (Ch.39)


Are you suffering from feelings?

Do you think someone else is dictating your life and the world?

No one but you can project your hologram.

In other words, you are the master of the world you project.

So, the world is perfect no matter how much you think otherwise.

"Lords and kings" here in Today's Tao sentence suggest your own self.

If your own self is against the idea, it will create a mental short-circuit and make your hologram "stumble and fall", unsustainable.

This is the cause of your painful feelings.


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-Shibuya, the town of fashions, once was under water. It was part of Tokyo Bay. The Japanese in the old days thought that life is Ukiyo, the floating world. Now, many of us are living on the reclaimed lands in Tokyo. In a way, our life is floating.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-13 Ruined

Today's Tao

If everything were not born, it might be ruined. (Ch.39)


Everything we see and hear is a hologram, a catalyst, and an illusion.

Watch out! It does not mean at all that a hologram is less important than Tao.

So, treat your holographic world with respect.

Tao has to recreate itself constantly. It needs the never-ending circulation of the energy.

Without a hologram, without a catalyst, this constant recreation would be "ruined".

Your world is thus important.

Doesn't this cycle resemble our spiritual development?

To understand the importance of the world, we have to learn that it is an illusion, a precious and reliable illusion.


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-Araki the Japanese photographer. He is no one but Japanese. He is no one but a photographer, either. Probably the greatest photographer of our time in Japan. A heir of beauty in the country of Ukiyo-e, the pictures of the floating world. You are allowed to not like his photos, but cannot ignore his creation.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-12 Inexhaustible valley

Today's Tao

If the valley were not filled, it might be exhausted. (Ch.39)


"The valley" means void.

So, Lao Tzu wants to say:

"void is filled and inexhaustible".

In Zen Buddhism, they say:

"無一物中無尽蔵 [mu ichi motsu chu mu jin zo]"


no / one / thing / inside / no / limit / storage


Each Kanji / Chinese character has the signification in this order.

It can be translated as:

"nothingness has an unlimited storage."

Sometimes, I wonder.

All the computer jargons and the internet technology may exist as a metaphor in order to explain us how Tao works.

It is just like Ikkyu's «Yama Uba» play, which tells us how Zen functions.


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-Visit Asakusa. If Akihabara is the dream of the 21st century Japan, Asakusa is that of the 19th century. Takeshi Kitano started his career as a stand-up comedian. Spend at least a full day, hanging around in the sector behind the Sensoji temple from the river Sumida. You can see the glimpse of Asakusa of Yasunari Kawabata and Kafu Nagai.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-11 Gods rest

Today's Tao

If gods were not spiritual, they might rest. (Ch.39)


Everything is a god.

You are a god, too.

In Shintoism in Japan, we express it as "yaoyorozu no kami gami 八百万の神々 (=eight million gods)".

All the objects, all the living beings, even words and thoughts, of course, your own self; all of them are gods.

Your so-called reality is a collection of gods. You must respect every aspect of it.

Don't waste your food because it is a god.

Chew it completely and receive its life with respect.

Don't throw away your ball point pen before you finish all the ink inside.

For the ink is also a god like you.

Everything is the manifestation of Tao.

Don't let the Tao/hologram cycle rest.


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-Hibari Misora is a Judy Garland of Japan. She sings a song of Asakusa with La (The). Asakusa deserves the article "The". The neighborhood is very special.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-10 Earth unstable

Today's Tao

If earth were not stable, it might collapse. (Ch.39)


A: "Oh, my god, my god. Heaven will be torn apart. Earth will collapse. Do something for us, Master Bonbon!"

B: "This is God's punishment. You are bad, so God is punishing you."


C'mon, Master Bonbon. You must not say things like that.

No one is bad. No one will punish you.

The world is safe because it exists within you.

It is your hologram. It is the manifestation of Love.

How can it be unstable!

Let's look at Nikko's three wise monkeys every time we feel like complaining about the imperfection of the world.


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-Asakusa, where Takeshi Kitano started his career. Asakusa, where Yasunari Kawabata wrote stories but didn't have enough guts to talk to girls on the street. Asakusa, where Nobuyoshi Araki tied women and shot their photos. Asakusa. It is always there, with a big re lantern.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-9 Heaven torn apart

Today's Tao

If heaven were not clear, it might be torn apart. (Ch.39)


"Oh, my god! Heaven got dark. It is a bad omen. Something bad is gonna happen. Heaven is gonna be torn apart."

Don't worry. The world is safe.

Because you are the one who is projecting it.

Here Lao Tzu is not scaring you. On the contrary, he is assuring you.

Heaven is always clear because it is the manifestation of Tao.

Your world will be always safe because it exists within you.


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-Ryokan is a Saint Francis of Assisi of Japan. Or, he went even further in terms of loving other living beings. He even loved fleas and lice. Once in a while he felt sorry for those living on his body and had them sun-bathe by taking off his clothes and stretching them out in the sun.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-8 One = Tao

Today's Tao

It is One who did these. (Ch.39)


One = Tao.

Tao creates all. That means you create all.

Creation of everything.

Projection of holograms.

They are the same.

Where do you project them?

In Mind with a capital M as Daisetz Suzuki put it.

In you the energy.

In Tao. We haven't got anywhere else.


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-Mind with a capital M. In Daisetz Suzuki's «Manual of Zen», the words of Obaku Ki-un 黄檗希運 (Huang-po) are quoted: "This Mind is no other than Buddha; there is no Buddha outside Mind, nor is there any Mind outside Buddha." [«Manual of Zen»; IV. From the Chinese Zen Masters, 6. Obaku's (Huang-po) Sermon from "Treatise on the Essentials of the Transmission of Mind (Denshin Hoyo)] Mind is Kokoro in Japanese.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-7 Hologram's master

Today's Tao

Lords and kings attained One and became the masters of the world under the sky. (Ch.39)


Let's decode Today's Tao sentence step by step.

What is "the world under the sky"?

It's holograms.

What are "the masters"?

They are those who project the holograms.

Who project them?

You do. "Lords and kings" mean true You, Tao.

That's why Buddha said:

"Above heave, below heaven, I am the only respectable being". 天上天下唯我独尊[tenjo tenge yuiga doku son]


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-"Ura" in Japanese means "flip side".
So, "Ura-Nihon" can be translated as the B side region of Japan, the areas touching Sea of Japan. It implies the land in the darkness without sunshine with the gusty cold wind from Siberia dropping tons of snow in its long winter. Naturally, the Japanese word is regarded as a pejorative especially by the residents of the region, including Echigo, the old name of Niigata Prefecture. But is it so? "Ura" is indeed the heart and soul of hidden Japan, the place you must not miss if you a connoisseur of traveling.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-6 Hologram's birth

Today's Tao

Everything attained One and was born. (Ch.39)


This is one of the key sentences in Tao Te Ching.


Step 1 There is nothing. It is Tao the fundamental energy.

Step 2 A thing before its birth (=Bumo misho izen) gets Tao.

Step 3 The thing will be projected, be born, and become a hologram and catalyst.

Step 4 The hologram stimulates Tao the energy.

Step 5 Go back to the first step. There is nothing.

Step 6 More holograms will be created.


Tao emits Tao. The energy emits more energy. Nothing emits nothing. You emits you. They are saying the same thing.

This cycle is the reincarnation, the prayer wheel, the wheel of manifestation 法輪 [horin] or the Yin Yang circle.


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Don't mix the element of "self" with the idea of the Tao/hologram cycle before you fully accept it. Your own self does not create holograms, and is projected along with the rest of the world.


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-Like stone 39-21
-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 39
-Tao by Matsumoto / You and non-you


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-Let's not talk about taste here. Some works are too important to ignore. The photographer Nobuyoshi Araki tells his stories with photos. One wonders why Japan has lost things once so adorable to those who know about its literature and philosophy. Araki will tell you: "You ain't seen nothing yet". True geisha souls never disappear so easily.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-5 Filled valley

Today's Tao

The valley attained One and got filled. (Ch.39)


In Taoism, "the valley" means emptiness.

"Valley God exists any time any where", says Lao Tzu in Chapter 6. (☞See also Valley God 6-1)

Once the emptiness gets Tao's energy, it gets filled and becomes a hologram.

The hologram constitutes the so-called world.

What you think has colours is in fact a hologram and emptiness.

色-[shiki]=colour (☞See Tao by Matsumoto / Chapter 4b / Color)

即-[soku]=just (or immediate)

是-[ze]=be

空-[kuu]=emptiness (or sky)

色即是空　[shiki soku ze ku]

空即是色　[ku soku ze shiki]

"Colour is justly nothing.

 Nothing is justly colour. " (Heart Sutra 般若心経)

That's how the Buddhists summarize the mechanism.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 39
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-You can compare Japanese society before and after the bubble-economy. Everything has changed? Not exactly. We still eat. We still sleep. The sun rises. The moon shines.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 39-4 Gods

Today's Tao

Gods attained One and got spiritual. (Ch.39)


Where do feelings and thoughts come from?

Where does time come from? Where does it go?

Where do "gods" live?

All of them are part of your hologram.

Therefore it is you who project them.

"Gods" need Tao the fundamental energy to exist as Today's Tao sentence says.

"Gods" are there to stimulate you as a catalyst like feelings and thoughts, time and space, and people and objects.

Can you abandon the idea of the one and only objective world outside you?

If you can, you will not have to be afraid of "gods" or responsible for your feelings and thoughts.

You will even have an unlimited supply of time and space.


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-One = Tao 39-8
-Heaven torn apart 39-9
-Earth unstable 39-10
-Gods rest 39-11
-Inexhaustible valley 39-12
-Ruined 39-13
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-Like stone 39-21
-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 39


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-If you are interested in homeopathy, Masaru Emoto's books will help you understand why it works. Water has memory. It remembers the state when it was working without problems. About 60% of our body consists of water. We are water with memory.