大順 Unity,

the Great Concor‧dance

शिव Śiva Dance, Cern

The roots of śiva in folk etymology are

• śī which means "in whom all things lie, pervasiveness" 
• and va which means "embodiment of grace".

The word Shiva is used as an adjective in the Rig Veda (approximately 1700–1100 BC), as an epithet for several वैदिक देवता Rigvedic deities, including रुद्र Rudra. The term Shiva also connotes "liberation, final emancipation" and "the auspicious one", this adjective sense of usage is addressed to many deities in Vedic layers of literature. The term evolved from the Vedic Rudra-Shiva to the noun Shiva in the Epics and the Puranas, as an auspicious deity who is the "creator, reproducer and dissolver".

Monday, March 1 2021

"The brotherhood of man ― preach it ever!

O, that man would gain the understanding in his heart of this universality of the truth, that man IS his brother's keeper!

Then may there be the awakening within each soul of the necessity of its giving expression to those in every walk of life."

― Edgar Cayce (ECRL 866-1)

《道德經》第65章

古之善為道者，非以明民，將以愚之。

民之難治，以其智多。

故以智治國，國之賊；不以智治國，國之福。

知此兩者亦𥡴式。常知𥡴式，是謂玄德。

玄德深矣，遠矣，與物反矣，然後乃至大順。

The ancients who showed their skill in practising the Dào did so, not to enlighten the people, but rather to make them simple and ignorant.

The difficulty in governing the people arises from their having much knowledge. He who (tries to) govern a state by his wisdom is a scourge to it; while he who does not (try to) do so is a blessing.

He who knows these two things finds in them also his model and rule. Ability to know this model and rule constitutes what we call the mysterious excellence (of a governor).

Deep and far-reaching is such mysterious excellence, showing indeed its possessor as opposite to others, but leading them to a great conformity to him.

― James Legge (Pure, unmixed excellence)

In the days of old, those who practised Tao with success did not,

By means of it,

Enlighten the people, but on the contrary, sought to make them ignorant.

The more knowledge people have, the harder they are to rule.

Those who seek to rule by giving knowledge

Are like bandits preying on the land.

Those who rule without giving knowledge

Bring a stock of good fortune to the land.

To have understood the difference between these who things

Is to have a test and standard

To be always able to apply this test and standard

Is called the mysterious “power”, so deep-penetrating,

So far-reaching,

That can follow things back —

All the way back to the Great Concordance.

Dào De Jing Chapter 65 ― Arthur Waley

In olden times those who were most practised in the Tao did not use their knowledge to instruct the people; they used it rather keep them simple.

It is when they are overstocked with learning that people are hard to govern.

To govern by adding to the people's store of learning is to prey on the country;

To govern by decreasing the people's store of learning is to be a blessing to the country.

He who is familiar with these two methods will not want a touchstone.

Always bearing this in mind, he will be able to draw on the Mysterious Power;

This power is infinitely deep and far-reaching, and, unlike all things else, goes back and back,

Until it attains to complete Unity.

Dào De Jing Chapter 65 ― Herman Ould