Today's Tao
If you are against Tao, you come to an early end. (Ch.55)
Is time your enemy?
Do you want to stay young?
Do you want to live forever?
Time is running out.
Logically, as you grow up, you get closer to an end.
Though you want to think about Tao, you keep on saying:
"I've got no time. I've got no time".
You know, you are absolutely right when you say that.
Tao has no time.
Neither do you.
Time is just a parameter to reconstruct information in your mind.
Past, present, and future are taking place simultaneously.
That is to say, "If you are one with Tao, you live eternally".
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