Sunday, March 26, 2006

Chapter 75
Why are the people starving?Because the rulers use up the money in taxes.Therefore the people are starving.Why are the people rebellious?Because the rulers interfere too much.Therefore they are rebellious.Why do the people think so little of death?Because the rulers demand too much of life.Therefore the people take death lightly.Having little to live on, one knows better than to value life too much. tao te ching
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2 comments:

Jeremy said...

So basically what he's saying is..."the man is keeping us down" ?

10:22 PM
Sherry Pasquarello said...

you'd have to ask him and he's been dead for a long time.

i use these chapters to meditate on or to find a poem in.

if you read all of it it can be confusing and enlightening at the same time. we learn through the filters of the experiences we've had or have seen.

8:23 AM

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