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Jokes and The Talking Dog
The jokes are from http://www.bluedonut.com/jokes.htm A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, “This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.” The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and …
Is It Full?
What people think is only an illusion. The Tao of heaven does not overflow, and all things are filled. So all things will continue to grow, not to be filled, but learn anew. Everything in the world is changing ceaselessly, filled then emptied, gained then lost. When pushed to the limit, the Tao reverses but is never exhausted..满只是人们以为的一种假象，天道不盈，万物不满。万物生生不息，不盈而常新。天地万物，都是一个动词，都在不停地变化之中，盈而后亏，得而后失，物极必反，天道不息。
“Peace”-Or, How Slowing Down is the Key to Happiness
I found this article on the internet and thought that it was worth sharing. I hope that you enjoy reading it as much as I did. I am a taxi driver who makes a living in New York. One day, I received a call from a strange passenger. This experience left a deep impression on …
Zeno’s Circle
Legend has it that a student once asked Zeno: “Teacher, your knowledge is many times more than ours. The question you answered is correct, but why are you so humble? ” Zeno drew one small and one big circle on the blackboard and said: “Our knowledge is like a circle. Inside the circle are …
Connecting to the Divine or the Source
The battery is not charged. Charge light is on and it indicates that the battery is being charged. “Full” light comes on; the battery is fully charged now. On the New Year’s eve, I was moved to watch the Rose Parade in Pasadena. Knowing …
Choice
Sometimes what determines our lives is not our abilities, but our choices. A favorite passage: Why can a compass draw a circle? Because the foot is moving, the heart is unchanged. Why can’t you realize your dream? Because your heart is not fixed, your feet don’t move. A life without a plan is called a …
The Friendship That Built a Forest
CNN recently published a short documentary about two elderly Chinese men, Jia Haixia and Jia Wenqi. Haixia lost his eyesight sixteen years ago and Wenqi had both arms amputated as a child. In 2001, the two friends decided to plant trees in a nearby forest, which had become a wasteland. The friends help one another …
A Blessing in Disguise
So Lao Tzu said, “Good fortune follows upon disaster, disaster lurks within good fortune…” (Tao Te Ching 58)
Rebirth for a Fraud Victim: The Cross and the Scam(3)
The image is from online, and the author is unknown. When I finished the fifth part of this book, I thought I was done. Since I had no intention of publishing it at the time, I put the manuscript aside and temporarily forgot about it. I never dreamed that in the summer of 2022, I …
Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu – Chapter 59
治人事天莫若嗇。 夫唯嗇，是謂早服；早服謂之重積德；重積德則無不克；無不克則莫知其極；莫知其極，可以有國；有國之母，可以長久；是謂深根固柢，長生久視之道。 In caring for others and serving heaven, There is nothing like using restraint (harvesting). Restraint (Harvesting) begins by giving up one’s ideas. This depends on Virtue gathered in the past. If there is a good store of Virtue, then nothing is impossible. If nothing is impossible, then there are no limits. If a …
Anyone May Encounter the Rain Without an Umbrella
If you would like to have background music (by Yanni) while you are reading, please click on the arrow below. The article below was originally written in Chinese by an unknown author. I enjoyed reading it so much that I decided to translate it into English to share here with you. I hope you enjoy …
