Comments on: Tao Te Ching Chapter1

By: KonstantinMiller

KonstantinMiller — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:02:52 +0000

I think I will try to recommend this post to my friends and family, cuz it’s really helpful.

By: Jin

Jin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:47:09 +0000

Thank you for the comments!

By: rachel

rachel — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:10:45 +0000

I wish you all the best with your journey. You’ve made a good start.

By: quatl

quatl — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:23:10 +0000

And yet the fruits of worldly desires must also be part of the Tao, as they are part of the world.

So perhaps it is the way that desire can focus our perceptions of the world that interferes. Goal oriented thinking strips away the “irrelevant” qualia, so we can be undistracted, and pursue the objects of our desire more avidly.

In the process we lose sight of the things themselves, the objects are objectified, and become mere tools of our pursuit. Only reflections of our own intentions.

And thus it is that we lose the things themselves just as we gain our tightest hold on them.

By: SQQ MA

SQQ MA — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:40:17 +0000

I love your thought and translation for Dao De Jing. Your words are so cool in Tao.

By: Wawa

Wawa — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:00:22 +0000

well, maybe it’s is not the fact Raleigh is wonderful and peaceful in nature, you perceive it that way only because your family and old friends are there. If they were in N.Y, you’d feel the same about the Big Apple? No? After all, home is where your heart lies; and your heart is the determining factor of any perception.

By: alan

alan — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:49:03 +0000

so true. This is a concept I’ve felt, but never heard in words so succinct.