The Tao, sutra 56
Whoever knows does not speak, whoever speaks does not know. So stop the senses. Close the doors. Ignore the riddles. Subdue their light. Be one with humble dust. This is the Mystic Unity.
So some more of the same unfortunate wording that has been the cause of much confusion and silliness. The Unspoken Word is nothing else but understanding. Words convey knowledge, but only its application brings understanding. The push and pull of the emotions acting on the base instincts is a primary cause of misconception, so the admonition to stop the senses. Odd that the Tao uses dust in the respect it does here, dust, like the "buckets of sand" I use, is typically metaphor for myriad little sense impressions. It's a metaphor though and, taken in context, it's fair to give it an altogether different meaning as is implied here.
It is beyond love and hate, beyond profit and loss, beyond honor and dishonor. Thus it is the most valuable treasure in the whole world.
Love, hate, etc, are just relatives. Pure abstraction is much like number, which is completely non-relative.
So some more of the same unfortunate wording that has been the cause of much confusion and silliness. The Unspoken Word is nothing else but understanding. Words convey knowledge, but only its application brings understanding. The push and pull of the emotions acting on the base instincts is a primary cause of misconception, so the admonition to stop the senses. Odd that the Tao uses dust in the respect it does here, dust, like the "buckets of sand" I use, is typically metaphor for myriad little sense impressions. It's a metaphor though and, taken in context, it's fair to give it an altogether different meaning as is implied here.
It is beyond love and hate, beyond profit and loss, beyond honor and dishonor. Thus it is the most valuable treasure in the whole world.
Love, hate, etc, are just relatives. Pure abstraction is much like number, which is completely non-relative.