Tuesday, March 29, 2022
"It is true that the earthly or earth's journey is only a portion of the solar realm in which the soul finds self as an experience of a day in the earth's journey."
ECRL 553-1
道德經
《道德經》第五十五章
含德之厚
比於赤子
蜂蠆虺蛇不螫
猛獸不據
攫鳥不搏
骨弱筋柔而握固
未知牝牡之合而全作
精之至也
終日號而不嗄
和之至也
知和曰常
知常曰明
益生曰祥
心使氣曰強
物壯則老
謂之不道
不道早已。
道德經 Dao De Jing Chapter Fifty-five — Ronald Hogan
55.
A person filled with the power of 道
is like a baby boy:
bees can't sting him,
wild beasts can't attack him.
A baby has soft bones
and weak muscles,
but a firm grip.
He hasn't had sex,
but he can get an erection.
That's because he's got lots of energy.
He can cry all day
and never lose his voice.
That's because he's at one with his world.
If you're at one with the world,
you know constancy.
And if you know constancy,
you've been enlightened.
It's not healthy
to try to prolong your life.
It's unnatural to impose the mind's will
upon the body.
People waste time and energy
trying to be strong or beautiful,
and their strength and beauty fade.
They've lost touch with 道,
and when you lose touch with 道,
you might as well be dead.
道德經 Dao De Jing Chapter Fifty-five — Translated by Tom Chilcott, 2005
Chapter 55
"Whoever is filled with Virtue
is like a newborn child.
Wasps and scorpions will not sting it;
snakes and serpents will not bite it;
wild animals will not attack it;
birds of prey will not swoop down on it.
Its bones are soft, its muscles weak,
and yet its grip is firm.
It does not know of male and female union
and yet its organ stirs;
its vital energy is at its height.
It cries throughout the day
and yet is never hoarse;
its harmony is at its height.
To know harmony is to know the eternal.
To know the eternal is to know enlightenment.
To speed the growth of life is an omen of disaster;
to control the breath by will-power is to overstrain it;
to grow too much is to decay.
All this is against 道
and whatever is against 道 soon dies."
道德經 Dao De Jing Chapter Fifty-five — Translated by Tao Huang, Chapter 55
"Action in its profundity is like a newborn baby.
Poisonous insects and venomous snakes do not sting it.
Predatory birds and ferocious animals do not seize it.
Its bones are soft and its sinews supple, yet its grasp is firm;
Without knowing the union of males and females, its organs become aroused.
Its vital essence comes to the point;
Crying all day, its voice never becomes hoarse.
Its harmony comes to the point.
Harmony is eternal.
Knowing harmony is discernment.
Enhancing life is equanimity.
Generating vitality through the mind is strength.
When things reach their climax, they are suddenly old.
This is "Non-道."
"Non-道" dies young."
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