- August 18, 2004
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Tao.
I want to tell you about it, but what I can say is not it.
I want to give it a name, but any name says something else.
The universe begins with this cannot-name,
From it come all things that can be named.
Therefore, use the no-name concept (e.g., art, music, religion)
to wonder about the whole,
And use the named ideas (e.g., science, philosophy)
to study and communicate the details.
See, these are just the two different angles of the same thing,
Call it nature, force, field, god, or simply,
Tao.
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- 阿姗
July 17, 2004
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When you see beauty, you also label ugliness.
When you know good, you also define evil.
Lao Tzu says,
Have and have-not come togeth - Lucy
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- 阿姗
һǵ Gibran ˣ˶Ӣķġ:)
The language of love is universal. Love is a poem.
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Gibran:Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.
When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but - July
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When wealth is prized, competition arises.
When perfection is valued, deceit begins.
When desires are encouraged, confusion sets in.
Think less, eat well, give up ambiti - July
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The nature has nothing to do with love;
Everything is just an abstraction.
The wise men don't talk about love either;
They see everyone as equals, detachedly.
Sometimes I think of the bellows--
when it holds still it is full of air,
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October 16, 2004
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The Goddess of void is eternal.
She is the mother of all.
From her birth canal,
The universe is born.
With her mysterious power,
She preserves us all, forever. - 阿姗
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July 23, 2004
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How immortal the Nature is!
For it fosters not its own life.
The sage puts behind his body,
Thus gains his true self.
He dwells elsewhere his mind,
Thus immortalizes his spirit.
For does he not fulfillment find
In not being one,
But one - July
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For isn't it true that by not being himself (i.e. being with Nature)
he finds the Self (fulfillment)?
- 阿姗
2004.08.21
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Sometimes I think about water.
Silently, it is the source for all lives;
Humbly, it flows to the lowland.
It reminds me of Tao.
So I must learn from water:
Live close to the land.
Search inwardly, deeply.
Be gentle with other - 八十一子
Let us change the question into a statement:
He does not find fulfillment in not being one but one with the Nature.
I find this double negative difficult to understand. The statement would perhaps make more sense if put in either one of the following two forms:
He finds fulfillment in not being one but one with the Nature.
He does not find fulfillment in being one but one wit - WOA
This is superb work...... really enjoy reading the translation far more than the original antique phrases.
Should there be a single word to best portray Christianity, I'd personally vote for FIRE -- to go hand in hand with devotion, aggression and passion etc, whereas WATER fits right into the heart of oriental culture and beliefs like Buddism and Taoism. Here is a quote from Dec 2005 edi - 八十一子
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ǰϿһռְ汾¾ģ㿴żǵõʱҲοĸ汾 "for does he not fulfillment find" 䣬dzϲͳˡû뵽ô汾Ҷϲʾ䣺
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Ah-San: For does he not fulfillment find In not being one, But one with the Nature?
Beck: Is it not because they do not live for themselves that they find themselv - 阿姗
October 7, 2004
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Too full a cup is likely to spill;
Too sharp a knife will soon blunt;
Too much treasure cannot be guarded;
Too rich and famous leads to trouble.
When the work is done, quit.
Anything that's too much is too much. - 阿姗
October 17, 2004
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Can you let body and soul be one,
and never separate?
Can you focus the primal energy and relax,
and be like a baby again?
Can you cleanse the mirr - 八十一子
Bravo, A-Shan!
- WOA
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i appreciate your attempts at translating this masterpiece, but at times your translation is misleading. also, you tend do leave out what some might consider to be important elements (translations od entire sentences, phrases, etc). - 阿姗
Thank you for your feedback. I consider my version as an "interpolation" rather than "translation" of the original text. How I interpolate depends on the events of the day and my mood of the time. You can say that these are projections of the original text on my life and my thoughts at the times of my writing.
I would like to continue this series here. - greentea
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