http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/ Daily Dao De Ching Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:47:16 GMT Chris Childs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3736 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3736 Chapter 5 Heaven and Earth are impartial They regard myriad things as straw dogs The sages are impartial They regard people as straw dogs The space between Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:26:37 GMT Sue in NJ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3735 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3735 REVERENCE An ocean of ink in a single drop, Trembling at the tip of my brush, Poised above stark white paper, A universe waits for existence. Everything we do Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:38:32 GMT Erik and Diane Thorell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3734 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3734 Dear Chris and Sue, I hope you don't mind; but I would like to share some information about myself. I am only one human being out of 6.5 billion other humans Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:16:39 GMT Chris Childs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3733 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3733 Chapter 4 The Tao is empty When utilized, it is not filled up So deep! It seems to be the source of all things It blunts the sharpness Unravels the knots Dims Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:03:56 GMT Sue in NJ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3732 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3732 OUTLOOK Spawned from a mountain cataract, The long river surges to the sea. Its torrents savage its igneous bed, Yet one blade of rock twists it tightly. Angry Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:12:06 GMT Chris Childs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3731 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3731 Thank you Erik and Diane, We did run Mr. Mitchell's translation awhile back, I'll go searching through the archives. It occurs to me, that Kevin and I have Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:09:06 GMT Erik and Diane Thorell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3730 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3730 ... From: Chris Childs To: DailyDao@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 3:57 PM Subject: [DailyDao] Tao Te Ching Tao & Virtue Classic Translation Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:57:36 GMT Chris Childs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3729 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3729 Chapter 3 Do not glorify the achievers So the people will not squabble Do not treasure goods that are hard to obtain So the people will not become thieves Do Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:40:21 GMT Sue in NJ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3728 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3728 RECEPTIVITY I want to make myself an empty room: Quiet whitewashed walls with slant sunshine And a fresh breeze through open windows. Some days are extremely Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:19:49 GMT Chris Childs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3727 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3727 Chapter 2 When the world knows beauty as beauty, ugliness arises When it knows good as good, evil arises Thus being and non-being produce each other Difficult Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:01:38 GMT Sue in NJ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3726 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3726 ... http://www.taoism.net/enter.htm Derek's site has been on our Links page for a while now: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/links as well as a number Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:58:01 GMT kg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3725 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3725 btw derek has a website and forum here are the links   -k   site http://www.taoism.net/enter.htm   forum http://linwebsite.com/forum/ ... From: Chris Childs Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:24:38 GMT Sue in NJ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3724 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3724 DOVE A dove got caught in the rafters last night. I had quite a time trying to get her out. She hit her head several times in panic. Only when she was stunned Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:44:42 GMT Chris Childs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3723 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3723 Chapter 1 The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal name The nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:03:30 GMT Sue in NJ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3722 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DailyDao/message/3722 TREE Did you measure to attain your height? Did you use geometry to radiate your limbs? Did you lament storm-torn branches? Did you inventory your leaves for