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• Wen Tzu - Verse 22

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Twenty-Two If laws are set up and a system of rewards established, and yet this cannot influence customs or change morals, this means the embrace of the sincere heart is lacking...Therefore great rulers exercise spiritual influence, those next best make it impossible to do wrong. The lesser ones reward ...
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 21, Part IV

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Twenty-One Thus to be a leader is like shooting an arrow; a tiny deviation at the outset results in a miss by a wide margin. ~ Wen-tzu: Understanding the Mysteries ~ When I was a younger lad, I was a bit of a bowling fanatic. I evened earned a varsity letter in college as the 10th member of ...
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 21, Part III

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Twenty-One So penalties are not enough to change customs, executions are not enough to stop treachery. Only spiritual influence is valuable. ~ Wen-tzu: Understanding the Mysteries ~ Since the beginnings of modern society, there have been sanctions against such acts as stealing or murder, yet ...
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 21, Part II

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Twenty-One When people are influenced by rulers, they do not follow their words but their actions. Therefore if rulers admire bravery, then even if they do not deliberately cause competition and conflict, their countries have many difficulties and will eventually be thrown into disorder by plunder and ...
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 21, Part I

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Twenty-One All beings resort to the light of the winter sun and the shade of the summer sun, without anyone coercing them to do so. In an extremely natural way, by the sensitivity of ultimate vitality, they come without being called and go without being sent. It is a profound mystery, and no one knows ...
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 20

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Twenty Those whose vital spirit is scattered outwardly and whose intellectual ruminations ramble inwardly cannot govern their bodies. When what the spirit employs is distant, then what it loses is nearby. ~ Wen-tzu: Understanding the Mysteries ~ For me, the operative word in the passage ...
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• Help secure the future of Sanatana Dharma

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  I thought some people might be interested in this. From here : Dear Friend of Dharma, Quote: We know you are someone who cherishes your personal spiritual heritage of Sanatana Dharma. You have tasted the sweet fruits of spiritual sustenance, encouragement and guidance in your own life, and you ...
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 19, Part II

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Nineteen To try to cure outgrowths without taking care of the root is no different from breaking down a dam to stop a flood, or trying to put out a fire with a bundle of kindling in your arms. ~ Wen-tzu: Understanding the Mysteries ~ I have highlighted this single sentence because we can ...
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 19, Part I

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Nineteen When water is polluted, the fishes gasp; when government is cruel, the people rebel. When those above have many desires, those below have many tricks. When those above are stirred up, those below are uneasy. When those above have many demands, those below enter into conflicts. ~ Wen-tzu: ...
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• Sayings that Follow you over Time.

  
  Personal Tao Musings — Authority: 123
  I am curious Post in the Comments your favorite saying or words of wisdom you use in your life day to day Or something someone said to you which has stuck in your life over the years Thanks! Namaste Always Dream Even When Awake It Creates a New World and Lets You Defy Gravity
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 18

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Eighteen As to the roaming of Sages, they move in utter emptiness, let their minds meander in the great nothingness; they run beyond convention and go through where there is no gateway. They listen to the soundless and look at the formless; they are not constrained by society and not bound to its ...
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 17

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  Verse Seventeen Those whose spirits are scattered are flowery in their speech. Those whose virtue is wiped out are hypocritical in their actions. When vitality sprouts within so that speech and action are visible in the outside world, then one cannot avoid serving things with ones body. Vitality can be exhausted ...
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 16

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Sixteen If the sky were not steady, the sun and moon would have nowhere to ride. If the earth were not steady, plants and trees would have nowhere to stand. If the body is not steady, right and wrong have nowhere to form. Therefore there is real knowledge only when there are real people. ~ ...
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 15

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Fifteen In ancient times, when the Yellow Emperor governed the land, he tuned the courses of the sun and moon, governed the energies of yin and yang, regulated the measures of the four seasons, corrected the calculations of the calendar, defined the places of men and women, clarified above and below, ...
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 14

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Fourteen The Way and virtue are like reeds and rushes: if you consider them far apart, yet there are near; but if you consider them close, they are disparate. If you investigate them you cannot grasp them, but if you look into them they are not empty. Therefore sages are like mirrors: they do not take ...
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• Moving From Blame to Forgiveness

  
  Your Daily Spiritual Stimulus — Authority: 122
  When bad things happen and we experience a financial loss or hardship,  its not unusual to want to place the blame on something or someone in order to cope with our feelings.  Anger and blame can be a way...
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 13

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Thirteen The Way of heaven has no personal preferences or personal rejection: those who are capable have more than enough, those who are incapable have less than enough; those who follow it gain benefit, those who oppose it are unlucky. ~ Wen-tzu: Understanding the Mysteries ~ While we all may ...
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 12, Part II

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Twelve But if we oppose heaven and are violent toward beings, then the sun and moon will be eclipsed, the stars will deviate from their courses, the four seasons will impinge upon one another, days will be dark and nights will be light, mountains will crumble and rivers dry up, there will be ...
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• Wen Tzu - Verse 12, Part I

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 143
  from Verse Twelve Heaven sets up the sun and moon, arrays the stars and planets, sets out the four seasons, and tunes darkness and light. It warms by means of the sun, gives rest by means of the night, dries by means of the wind, and moistens by means of the rain and dew. As it gives birth to beings, no one can ...
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• Guarding the One

  
  ?? Neigong.net — Authority: 99
  Attainment of the Prime of the One Is not a gift from Heaven. Realization of Great Nobeing Is the state of highest immortality. Light restrained, a hidden brilliance, The body one with nature: There is true peace, won but not pursued. Script kept forever at rest. In serenity and beauty: this is perfection! Body and ...
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