Thomas Brill and Brian Parks chatting again.

This week we talked about chapter 5 of the Tao te Ching.

Heaven and Earth are not humane;

They regard the the thousand things as straw dogs.

The Sage is not humane;

He regards the common people as straw dogs.

The space between Heaven and Earth—is it not like a bellow?

It is empty and yet not depleted;

Move it and more [always] comes out.

Much learning means frequent exhaustions.

That's not so good as holding on to the mean.

Here is a link to the audio file for chapter 5 if you are not using iTunes.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/tao4two/TtCCh5.mp3