Tao Te Ching 53 & 54

Dear One
I am so happy to share with you this beautiful guidance from 'The Book of The Way' which reflects on questions which we might think of as being only ours and of today, yet this text is 2500 years old. By looking within we find that the solutions and the way to meaning and life now are the same as they were then.

With love
John

Transcript

Daodeqing 53 and 54 The great way is easy,

Yet people prefer the side paths.

Be aware when things are out of balance.

Stay centered within the Tao.

When rich speculators prosper while farmers lose their land.

When government officials spend money on weapons instead of cures.

When the upper class is extravagant and irresponsible while the poor have nowhere to turn.

All this is robbery and chaos.

It is not in keeping with the Tao.

Whoever is planted in the Tao will not be rooted up.

Whoever embraces the Tao will not slip away.

Her name will be held in honor from generation to generation.

Let the Tao be present in your life and you will become genuine.

Let it be present in your family and your family will flourish.

Let it be present in your country and your country will be an example to all countries in the world.

Let it be present in the universe and the universe will sing.

How do I know this is true?

By looking inside myself.

Reviews

Amazing how appropriate these words are to today’s world. Timeless. 🙏🏻

Beautifully read and highly relevant to our current global situation: thank you. Dare we hope that, in 200 years, future generations may have corrected all the wrongs in our world? Perhaps, if we each now continue to work on our own compassion and empathy.
Bookmarked to listen to again and again, with gratitude. . 🌿

Thankyou so much for jogging my memory about 800,000,000 years ago

DearestJohn,
Days before what will be the
most world impacting election of our lifetime
I truly found a calm in centering in the Tao.
Timely, profound piece this one.
Thanks Man.
Christine
High Desert Sierra
Colorado
USA

Thank you 🙏🏻 for this beautiful meditation 🤍💚🩵

Love John’s voice
Love John’s choice of readings
Gratitude for Knowing John
Gratitude 🙏 for listening to John on IT
Gratitude for introducing me to John
with Light & Love
Ellen
💖

How that is such articulation of lived experience right now. Heart broken open and yet rigidity will not do. Obsession will not serve like the Tao. To be immersed in the inner, oh quietude of light, hold us all and sing us to sleep. ✨

It’s amazing that these words are 2500 years old and yet so relevant for today. Thanks for sharing them! 🙏

“Looking imside myself”. Perfect. Thank you for this reading which you read so well.

Big thanks for reading these this morning John xxx

How do I know this is true? By looking inside myself.” Ahh . Thank you for this beautiful reading of the Tao . 🙏💫💫💫💫💫

Wonderful. Heartfelt thanks.💖🙏🏻

Fantastic - thank you for sharing

Timely and beautiful, a reminder that we’re all in this together and always have been. Thank you. 💫✨💫✨

Timely and beautiful, a reminder that we’re all in this together and always have been. Thank you. 💫✨💫✨

Such a soothing voice inside a beautiful message

Wow. So relevant to our world right now! We are so out of balance.

Is this part of a complete commentary on the Tao?

So relevant today. Thank you!

So true, indeed. Thank you for sharing this, dear John!
🌈 ♥ 🙏 🕊️