A Plea for Mutual Humility
In our era when the Great Integrity
Has been lost,
Separate states have arisen.
Some become very large,
Others remain very small.
When the larger ones
Try to conquer the small,
At first the smaller ones are defeated
Even though yang aggression
Meets yang resistance.
But death stalks the people
On both sides of war.
Is it not better for countries to be
Like vast low lying lands
Into which all streams passively go?
And the smaller countries
Like the innocent streams,
Can be welcomed
At the end of their passage
By wide open arms,
Calmly receiving their flow?
Would not this mutual humility
Save countless lives now,
While serving as a rehearsal
For the coming of the Tao?
Verse 61
Photo; An Eclectric Mix of Galaxies
In our era when the Great Integrity
Has been lost,
Separate states have arisen.
Some become very large,
Others remain very small.
When the larger ones
Try to conquer the small,
At first the smaller ones are defeated
Even though yang aggression
Meets yang resistance.
But death stalks the people
On both sides of war.
Is it not better for countries to be
Like vast low lying lands
Into which all streams passively go?
And the smaller countries
Like the innocent streams,
Can be welcomed
At the end of their passage
By wide open arms,
Calmly receiving their flow?
Would not this mutual humility
Save countless lives now,
While serving as a rehearsal
For the coming of the Tao?
Verse 61
Photo; An Eclectric Mix of Galaxies
1 comment:
ok.. I'm back to read this for the second time. I think that everything is based on our "connectivity" and our acceptance and embracing of that facet. :)
Thanks!
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