Today I got to choose #63 Julie came up for #18 and I had Paula join for her first time and chose #4 then Jay K popped up for #38.
#4 "The Void"
Tao is the void
And the void is within everything.
As it relates to what is perceptible (cells)
Everything is mostly void.
As the origin of everything
It is hidden within every particular thing.
The Master knows it is even the source of God,
And yet others still go on searching.
#18 "Out of Touch with Tao"
When out of touch with Tao
Etiquette is observed.
When etiquette cannot be abided
We find excuses to make it proper.
When excuses gut the family,
Chaos favors the hierarchy.
When all the neighbors are in chaos
Blind loyalty is demanded.
#38 "Dissolution of Tao"
Masters have nothing to prove
Making their power self-evident.
Others continue to grasp at power
Thus they never have enough.
Masters needn't do a thing
In so doing nothing is disregarded.
Others are constantly doing
Leaving everything else still to be done.
The kind man does, and in so doing reveals all that remains undone.
The just man does, and in so doing reveals all that still needs to be done.
The moral man does and when there is no support will use force to gain consensus.
When Tao is lost, we lean on etiquette.
When that fails, we turn to morality.
When morality dissolves, we teach ritual.
Those who have only known ritual
Are filled with shadow and ignorance.
Therefore, the Master concerns herself
With the substance not the shadow.
She has no destination,
Only to reside within herself
Not the manifestation.
#63 "Problems are no Problem"
Be still and you will act without doing,
Be still and your work will happen regularly.
Be still and your senses will engage the subtle.
Similarly engage a stranger as the multitude.
See the majesty of mountains in a grain of sand.
The Master knows greatness cannot be grasped.
Remaining still, she allows greatness to flow through her.
With no desire to achieve it, her stillness guides her,
Making subtle movements the difficult seems easy.
She knows that all of life is not without its problems
So problems turn out to be no problem at all.