Tao Te Ching Chapter 72-6 Take it

Today's Tao

Therefore, he leaves that and takes this. (Ch.72)


First in Chapter 12, then in Chapter 38, and now this is the third time Lao Tzu asks us to leave "that" and take "this". (☞See Not that one, but this one 12-7 and Leave it 38-15)

Then, what are "this" and "that"?

"This" is Tao, which is true You.

And "that" is your hologram, which is the world in front of you, including your own self.

"Leave your hologram and take Tao."

That's what Lao Tzu is saying here.

Watch out. This could be your pitfall.

"Uh, h… The world is my hologram, and Lao Tzu is asking me to leave the hologram. I know how to do it. I meditate. While meditating I can leave this reality and go into an altered state. This is Satori, right?"

Wrong!

Satori is not an act of looking for a refuge.

Take this reality as a catalyst and cherish "right now right here".

Emit Love and turn the wheel of manifestation (=転法輪 [tenborin]).

Learn: "this = that"!

This is Satori.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 72


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 38-7 Lost Tao

Today's Tao

Therefore, having lost Tao, there is attainment. (Ch.38)


If you hadn't lost Tao, you wouldn't need the attainment of Tao.

If you are seeking for Satori, certainly you have forgotten that you are in the state of Satori.

After we had lost the trust in Tao, we came up with the concept of attaining it or reaching Satori.

I just want you to trust yourself.

You have never lost the state of innocence.

You are always as innocent as an uncarved block or a baby.

Please do not doubt that you are perfect no matter how much it seems otherwise.

Doubting your perfection and consequently seeking for a refuge like "Satori" is the first step towards the spiral descent into the spiritual labyrinth.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 38


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Net Cafe Refugees

Have you ever heard the expression ?
A Japanese TV station showed a report on the people who live in a cyber cafe in Japn last year, and immediately the expression became known to the Japanese.
Net cafe refugees are the young workers who are not able to pay their rent any longer and forced to live in a cyber cafe.
It is relatively cheap to sleep over at a cyber cafe in Japan, and some of the cafes even have shower facilities. (See Sleep in a Net cafe)

The strange thing is that we hardly encounter a man who really live in a cyber cafe in Japan.
Some Japanese believe that the story is an absolute invention by the Japanese media.
It is sensational enough to sell their stories.
The truth still remains to be seen.