The Spiritual Meaning in the Tao Te Ching 20 What does Lao Tzu want us to believe

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-02-01

Only 5,000 words, is Lao Tzu's condensed summary of his life's inspiration and inspiration, think Lao Tzu must write a word like gold, but "not enough to believe, there is no faith" This sentence appeared twice, why the word "letter" has such an important position in Lao Tzu's heart? From the original text, we may be able to probe the mystery and understand what faith is and how to believe. "Too high, lower knows. Secondly, it is praised by relatives. Secondly, fear it. Secondly, insult it. Faith is not enough, there is unbelief. Leisurely and noble words, the success is done, and the people say: I am natural. As for the supreme Word, the world is aware of its existence, but it is "invisible." For the saints below them, they are praised for seeing their good entities, they are afraid of the kings and officials below them, and they despise each other for others who are also members of the world. Heaven is silent, but it still protects the accomplishment of all things in the world, and the world does not understand why, so they arrogantly say: We have done these things ourselves. Sadly, if there is no Heavenly Dao that is "insufficient", what else can people accomplish! From this point of view, it is precisely because of people's lack of faith in the Tao that they gradually become ignorant people who do not believe in the saints of the Tao at all.

The result? "Whoever is with the Tao, the Tao is also happy; Those who are the same as virtue, virtue is also happy; The same as the loser, the loss is also happy. Faith is not enough, there is unbelief. "Those monks, gentlemen, and righteous people who truly understand the Tao, believe in the Tao, and follow the Dao Law, the heavenly saints will naturally accept and favor him, and those who do not believe enough to not believe can be accommodated by the Heavenly Dao (a bit similar to the establishment of a quantum entanglement relationship, which requires a two-way desire to unite, or I would have liked the sense of déjà vu that illuminates the moon in my heart and the bright moon shines on the ditch), can only end up with a "discouraged and helpless", miserable and desolate.

The way of heaven is a living life, not any natural law, the law of the universe, or any moral standards, principles of life, but all of the above also come from the way of heaven, the truth of which is the embodiment of the way of heaven, just like the sun is given by the way of heaven, but it itself is not the way of heaven, and like someone else gives you a beautiful gift, you should be grateful to the owner of the gift rather than the gift itself, otherwise, Lao Tzu does not have to say anything "human law, earth law, heaven law, Tao law, Tao law, nature" and" One life, two, two, three, three and all things".

That being the case, let us believe in the way of heaven, as a baby believes in a mother who carries him in her arms. We believe that there is the good will and blessing of Heaven in our suffering, we believe that there is the acceptance and reminder of Heaven in our joy, we believe that our sickness and calamity are caused by our disrespect for the Way of God, and we believe that everything will not happen without the permission of the Way of God!

Like the way of heaven, the saint in Lao Tzu's mouth is naturally a living person, not an abstract image or many kings and sages, but before Lao Tzu, the saint has not yet appeared, and he does not know when the saint will come into the world, only that the saint will inevitably be born as a king, with all the people as his people ("all children"), and the saint wins the world, and the world is different from the world's dancing knives and sticks to compete for hegemony, he "does not fight, so the world can not compete with it." ”

The saints that Lao Tzu saw were ultimately going to rule the world. It's just that the saint's means of winning the world is not to kill and fight, but to sacrifice himself. It is precisely because Lao Tzu saw this truth clearly that he advised the people of the world to say: "Those who are strong must not die", and the reality of human history over thousands of years is enough to prove this iron law: no country can rely on military conquest and hegemony to continue for a long time!

Brothers, I hope that when you see this, you can appreciate the good intentions of our National Party and ** in the face of persecution from the enemies around them for a long time, and still endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens! We are far away from the rivers and lakes, and we should also sympathize with the difficulties of those who live in the temple, work together, and unite to face the upcoming peerless storm together!

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