Get out the microscope, because we’re going through this poem line-by-line.
- Again, we're warned against getting too obsessed with knowledge; it only causes worries.
- Next, we're asked some questions that make us think about the relativity of things.
- What's the difference between being respectful and scornful?
- What's the difference between good and evil?
- Doesn't it all depend on your perspective?
- Now, the TTC goes into a description of how living as a Tao master can separate you from other people.
- When everybody is happy and enjoying a feast, you can seem uninvolved, like a baby who isn't smiling yet.
- Other people may seem bright and clear, but you can seem muddled.
- Other people might seem way more with it, while you seem detached.
- Really, though, you're as peaceful as the ocean; you're connected to the infinite wind that's blowing around you.
- Other people may seem like real winners because they're out there achieving goals and stuff, while a person living with the Tao might seem like a big-time loser.
- But valuing the Tao is the real success.