The idea of the thing is not the thing. This is a throwback to chapter 1, and a more personal extrapolation of the same idea. This chapter is full of couplets like: He who stands on tiptoe doesn’t stand firm. But the one I really like is: He who defines himself can’t know who he … More ToV 24 – the idea of you isn’t YOU
The Master leads by emptying people’s minds, and filling their cores, … He helps people lose everything they know, everything they desire, and creates confusion in those who think that they know. This whole chapter is really juicy and lays out emptiness, not-doing, and being in accord with the Tao really well. I’ve just pulled … More ToV 3 – embrace bewilderment
late night street sweeper rumbles by dust cloud, streetlight lit glows like midnight fog
