That's right readers... I am sad. Although Tao was sometimes hard and frustrating (boring) to read I found it really comforting when I got home after a long day of hard work, it was a really big stress reliever plus, It taught me many valuable lessons that I know put into practice in my everyday life. Why Tao? Why did it have to end?
These chapters although really enjoyable didn't have many quotes I Liked. It only had about two or three, as opposed to other chapters which had from 15-25. In chapters 50-60 we read a lot about governing and ruling of countries. I would like to share a quote about ruling which I found to be extremely true, "When the country is ruled with a light hand, people are simple. When a country is ruled with severity, people are cunning." I think this is very true true because in the past (maybe not so much nowadays), people were greatly influenced by their leaders and acted upon their leaders actions. So, if a leader din't give a rat's ass and ruled with a light hand people would be simple and stupid but, if an empire or country is ruled by a good leader with a severe hand (take for example Julius Caesar), the country would be organized and it would prosper.
In such a great book you would expect a magnificent ending, one that would make you think about your sole existence for days, one that would make you dig deeper into yourself to find the true meaning of your existence. The Tao.. none of that. It just said something about work that I didn't really get, "The Tao of the sage is work without effort." I was really disappointed with this but it might have a deeper meaning than I can understand.
Our assignment for this blog entry was to compare our entry to a picture from N.A.S.A. So here is my picture:
I think the Tao is like th black hole in this picture because it can take your mind, suck it in, change it and spit it right out. In a way the Tao is a black hole of knowledge. You are always attracted to the ideas but be careful, you don't want to stay in there too long.
I can sincerely say that I took many valuable lessons from The Tao. I can also honestly say that The Tao is one of the most enjoyable book I've read. There are although, some times I really didn't like. For example, repetition. I believe the book said the same thing over and over. Things you saw and read about in the first chapter come up again in chapter 76 or something but, I have to give Lao some credit because thanks to that repetition I understood what he was trying to say much better. The other thing I really didn't like was how the book was so contradicting. It said one thing, and then it advised you against it, It said something was good and then told you to avoid it. I really enjoyed Tao Te Ching and hope we can stdy it again sometime, bye-bye bloggers
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