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

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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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