This is #6 in a Series of Posts that will eventually include all the main aspects
of
Stephen Mitchell's Auspicious book
The Second Book of The Tao
of
Stephen Mitchell's Auspicious book
The Second Book of The Tao
∞
REALIZE THERE IS NOTHING TO AVOID
WHEN IN TRUE BEING EVERSHINING
ALL THAT USED TO BE AVOIDED
IS IN THE REALM OF
‘LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD’
&
BEYOND
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4:10 AM - 6/25/15
∞
REALIZE THERE IS NOTHING TO AVOID
WHEN IN TRUE BEING EVERSHINING
ALL THAT USED TO BE AVOIDED
IS IN THE REALM OF
‘LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD’
&
BEYOND
ew
4:10 AM - 6/25/15
∞
∞
WALK QUIETLY
CONTAINED ONLY IN THE
INVISIBLE WORLD OF DIVINE VOID
WHICH IS BEYOND
THOUGHTS AND AWARENESS
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Transcending Possession
1992
∞
WALK QUIETLY
CONTAINED ONLY IN THE
INVISIBLE WORLD OF DIVINE VOID
WHICH IS BEYOND
THOUGHTS AND AWARENESS
ew
Transcending Possession
1992
∞
TAO #6
Everything can be seen as a this;
everything can be seen as a that.
The that depends on the this;
the this mirrors the that.
Everything can be seen as a this;
everything can be seen as a that.
The that depends on the this;
the this mirrors the that.
One follows from the other;
each is inseparable from both.
You can’t have right without wrong,
life without death,
the true without the false.
The Master is not trapped in opposites.
His this is also a that.
each is inseparable from both.
You can’t have right without wrong,
life without death,
the true without the false.
The Master is not trapped in opposites.
His this is also a that.
He sees that life becomes death
and death becomes life, that right
has a kernel of wrong within it
and wrong a kernel of right,
that the true turns into the false
and the false into the true.
and death becomes life, that right
has a kernel of wrong within it
and wrong a kernel of right,
that the true turns into the false
and the false into the true.
He understands that nothing is absolute,
that since every point of view
depends on the viewer,
affirmation and denial
are equally beside the point.
that since every point of view
depends on the viewer,
affirmation and denial
are equally beside the point.
The place where the this and the that
are not opposed to each other
is called “the pivot of the Tao.”
When we find this pivot, we find ourselves
at the center of the circle,
and here we sit, serene,
while Yes and No keep chasing each other
around the circumference, endlessly.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
at the center of the circle,
and here we sit, serene,
while Yes and No keep chasing each other
around the circumference, endlessly.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
COMMENTARY
by Stephen Mitchell
Mind can only create the qualities of good and bad by comparing.
Remove the comparison, and there go the qualities.
What remains is the pure unknown:
ungraspable object, ungraspable subject,
and the clear light of awareness streaming through.
by Stephen Mitchell
Mind can only create the qualities of good and bad by comparing.
Remove the comparison, and there go the qualities.
What remains is the pure unknown:
ungraspable object, ungraspable subject,
and the clear light of awareness streaming through.
The pivot of the Tao is the mind free of its thoughts.
It doesn’t believe that this is a this
or that that is a that.
It doesn’t believe that this is a this
or that that is a that.
Let Yes and No sprint around
the circumference toward a finish line that doesn’t exist.
the circumference toward a finish line that doesn’t exist.
How can they stop trying to win the argument of life until YOU stop?
When you do, you realize that you were the only one running.
When you do, you realize that you were the only one running.
Yes was you.
No was you,
the whole circumference, with its colored banners, its pom-pom girls
and frenzied crowds--
that was you as well.
No was you,
the whole circumference, with its colored banners, its pom-pom girls
and frenzied crowds--
that was you as well.
At the center,
the eyes open and again it’s the sweet morning of the world.
There’s nothing here to limit you,
no one here to draw a circumference.
In fact, there’s no one here--
--not even you.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
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TAO #6
Everything can be seen as a this;
everything can be seen as a that.
The that depends on the this;
the this mirrors the that.
One follows from the other;
each is inseparable from both.
You can’t have right without wrong,
life without death,
the true without the false.
The Master is not trapped in opposites.
His this is also a that.
He sees that life becomes death
and death becomes life, that right
has a kernel of wrong within it
and wrong a kernel of right,
that the true turns into the false
and the false into the true.
He understands that nothing is absolute,
that since every point of view
depends on the viewer,
affirmation and denial
are equally beside the point.
The place where the this and the that
are not opposed to each other
is called “the pivot of the Tao.”
When we find this pivot, we find ourselves
at the center of the circle,
and here we sit, serene,
while Yes and No keep chasing each other
around the circumference, endlessly.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
Everything can be seen as a this;
everything can be seen as a that.
The that depends on the this;
the this mirrors the that.
One follows from the other;
each is inseparable from both.
You can’t have right without wrong,
life without death,
the true without the false.
The Master is not trapped in opposites.
His this is also a that.
He sees that life becomes death
and death becomes life, that right
has a kernel of wrong within it
and wrong a kernel of right,
that the true turns into the false
and the false into the true.
He understands that nothing is absolute,
that since every point of view
depends on the viewer,
affirmation and denial
are equally beside the point.
The place where the this and the that
are not opposed to each other
is called “the pivot of the Tao.”
When we find this pivot, we find ourselves
at the center of the circle,
and here we sit, serene,
while Yes and No keep chasing each other
around the circumference, endlessly.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
COMMENTARY
by Stephen Mitchell
Mind can only create the qualities of good and bad by comparing.
Remove the comparison, and there go the qualities.
What remains is the pure unknown:
ungraspable object, ungraspable subject,
and the clear light of awareness streaming through.
The pivot of the Tao is the mind free of its thoughts.
It doesn’t believe that this is a this
or that that is a that.
Let Yes and No sprint around
the circumference toward a finish line that doesn’t exist.
How can they stop trying to win the argument of life until YOU stop?
When you do, you realize that you were the only one running.
Yes was you.
No was you,
the whole circumference, with its colored banners, its pom-pom girls
and frenzied crowds--
that was you as well.
At the center,
the eyes open and again it’s the sweet morning of the world.
There’s nothing here to limit you,
no one here to draw a circumference.
In fact, there’s no one here---not even you.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
by Stephen Mitchell
Mind can only create the qualities of good and bad by comparing.
Remove the comparison, and there go the qualities.
What remains is the pure unknown:
ungraspable object, ungraspable subject,
and the clear light of awareness streaming through.
The pivot of the Tao is the mind free of its thoughts.
It doesn’t believe that this is a this
or that that is a that.
Let Yes and No sprint around
the circumference toward a finish line that doesn’t exist.
How can they stop trying to win the argument of life until YOU stop?
When you do, you realize that you were the only one running.
Yes was you.
No was you,
the whole circumference, with its colored banners, its pom-pom girls
and frenzied crowds--
that was you as well.
At the center,
the eyes open and again it’s the sweet morning of the world.
There’s nothing here to limit you,
no one here to draw a circumference.
In fact, there’s no one here---not even you.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
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