Be Rather Than Try

| The Tao Chapter 19 – My Third Interpretation|

If there were no such idea as religion, who would you be? Would you not seek to do good onto others?

If there were no such concept as justice, how would you behave? Would your heart say, “be unfair to all?”

If there were no such thing as profit, what would you be? Would you be one who strives and competes?

Who would you be without these three?

There is a pureness within that seeks to express goodness.

Center your awareness on that rather than the effort to be good.

LIVING THE TAO: Today, sit silently for a few moments to respond to these questions. (This may require you to be open in your thinking.) Are you being the person in your responses? Are there adjustments to be made? If so, make them.

My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my third reading of Stephen Mitchell’s translation. I share my daily interpretations hoping to inspire you to do the same.

Embrace your journey. Experience bliss. Live the Tao.

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