Tao Te Ching Chapter 67-7 Don't waste holograms

Today's Tao

The second one is not to waste any. (Ch.67)


The second treasure is "not to waste" any in your hologram.

Don't waste any because everything is the manifestation of Tao.

It is a catalyst asking you to emit more Tao (=Love).

Accept all with gratitude whether they are good or bad, and you will not waste any.

For example, chew everything well.

You are eating someone else's life whether it is an animal or a plant.

Assimilate its energy into your body with respect.

Not only food but everything is Master Dogen's "painted rice-cake / Gabyo 画餅", which stimulates you to fill Tao's mechanism with the energy of Love (=Tao).


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 67


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☞The word "rice-cake" is misleading. It is used to express both the cake made of rice and the traditional Japanese Mochi rice cake. These are Japanese Mochi. The ones on the left are non-sweetened authentic cake for festivities. On the right, they are modern sweets invented relatively recently.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 59-1 Don't waste

Today's Tao

To govern the people and work for heaven, the best way is not to waste any as if you store the harvest. (Ch.59)


"The people" and "heaven" signify the hologram.

Don't try to "govern" or "work" on your hologram.

"The best way" is to try not to waste your hologram, which stimulates you as a catalyst.

What is "not to waste" the hologram?

How do we do it?

Don't worry.

It is nothing too extraordinary or metaphysical.

It is simple.

For example, don't waste your ballpoint pen, paper or electricity.

Don't waste the lives of other beings. When you eat their meat or grains, chew it well and appreciate the life inside.

In short, accept all with respect "as if you store the harvest".


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 59


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☞Don't see. Don't hear. Don't say. See no evil. Hear no evil. Say no evil. Nikko Toshogu shrine's three monkeys will show you an attitude. If you are in Tokyo, catch any subway train and change trains at any Ginza Line station. Then, catch the train for Asakusa. Asakusa deserves your visit in its own right, but not today; today you wanna go to Nikko. Get off the subway train and take the Tobu train for Nikko at Asakusa station. I guarantee you that the day trip will stay in your memory forever. But, be prepared! There is a little surprise. The monkeys are much smaller than you imagine. Lonely Planet Japan or Rough Guide to Japan might be handy.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 27-7 Things = Prayers

Today's Tao

He helps things very well. So, he abandons no things. (Ch.27)


Don't break things. They also have souls.

Don't waste their lives when you eat animals or plants. Chew them well and assimilate them into your body completely.

Don't hit the keys on your computer too hard even though you are frustrated.

Don't you hear their cry? "Please, master, don't hit me like your enemy."

Like living beings, objects are prayers.

When you accept them as they are, you turn the prayer wheel.

In order to give you opportunities to turn your prayer wheel, everything exists.

So, don't abandon things, please.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 27
-Take time 15-4 Please take time when you eat. Chew food well and appreciate the life that it once had (or still has when you eat sushi or sashimi at a very good establishment).


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-Tattoo is beautiful especially when it is engraved on the skin of a beautiful woman. Jun'ichiro Tanizaki wrote a short story called «Shisei», which means tattoo. Later, Yasuzo Masumura made a film called «Irezumi», which also means tattoo. Ayako Wakao, the actress whose back was the shrine of the spider tattoo in the film, was an ideal woman to embody the beauty. Who else can do it!

Tao Te Ching Chapter 15-4 Take time

Today's Tao

Taking time, as if he walked across a river in winter. (Ch.15)


Be lazy!

When someone criticises you for being lazy, here is the best reply.

"A great Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu said: «Move only when you are forced to move»."


Take your time, especially when you eat.

Chew food well and receive its life.


Zen Master Dogen says:

"Cut the nails of your ten fingers." (Senjo 洗浄, «Shobogenzo»)

"We don't really know neither inside nor outside our body/mind because we don't know the limit of any existence or the elements of material beings."


Naoto Matsumoto says:

If there is no limit between inside and outside the body, keeping your body clean is keeping this world clean.

Chewing food well is another way to show respect to life, a very good way to emit the fundamental energy Tao.

Plus, you may be able to eat less by chewing each mouthful of food 30 - 50 times. You get tired before you finish your third Big Mac.


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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 15


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