Today I started us off with #57 and ayo joined me for #22 afterwhich I spoke with Lura about #50.

#22 "Looking Away from What You Want"

To become complete

Know that you're partial.

To become straight

Know that you're crooked.

To become full

Know that you're empty.

To be new

Know that you're worn out.

He who wants it all

Must know what all includes.

Thus, the Master stays centered in Tao

And becomes an example for the world.

Because she knows her light is forfeit

People can see it.

Because she has no point to prove

People can trust her words.

Because she has no identity

She becomes a mirror for others.

Because she has nothing to attain

Nothing can be kept from her.

Thus, when it is said

"To become complete know that you're partial."

It is wise to heed and surrender to it.

Only by living in collaboration with Tao

Can one find completion.

#50 "Awareness of Death"

Every being is entrusted with life for a time

However, it is only a prelude to death.

Some live as optimists, embracing life,

Others live as pessimists, embracing death,

Some even live in preservation,

Passively living, advancing toward death.

The Master lives aware of her appointment with death,

This brings her to knowing Real Life.

She cannot be harmed by rhinoceros or man

Her movements flow from her being.

She cannot be fooled by illusion or hallucination

Her actions flow from her being.

She has freed herself of all separateness

Even the distinction between life and death.

#57 "Laws are All in the Heart"

Tao governs all things by discarding objectives.

Never possessing or interfering,

All things only need abide the law in their heart,

In this way they are free from desire.

When Tao is ignored, objectives rule the day.

Rules are created that make people expend energy to get around them.

Intelligence is praised and rewarded while products become more demonic and intrusive.

Weapons are paraded, fear spreads, and the hearts of all things close off.

As litigation becomes a national focus politicians and criminals multiply.

The Master needn't engage these traps

She is quiet, and people follow their light

She is peaceful, and people are compelled to be honest

She does nothing, and all things flourish together.

Have no desire and all things will achieve primal existence.