Some people always leave a mark in our life. And usually not through their words but through their grace, humility, kindness and compassion. I am just getting to know Taoism and it’s interesting and a learning experience. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. It was interesting to read and a feel good article!
"In the end, the lesson from that day on campus, echoed by Laozi’s wisdom in the Tao Te Ching, is clear: true influence comes not from shouting your beliefs, but from embodying them"
I appreciate the wisdom of Tao. Wisdom is always wisdom. Christians and atheists or any believer in anything often forget or never learned that words merely represent ideas, and words often mean different things to different people. Everyone translates words into their own thoughts. Translating from one language into another adds another level of translation. Reading or quoting the Bible to another person is always someone's interpretation of an interpretation of an interpretation of an interpretation, at least. God expressed his thoughts in a language spoken by a prophet. The prophet translated/interpreted it into the language his first listener spoke. That listener interpreted into his thought process. A second listener interprets it into his thought process . To pass it on to someone else, who maybe speaks another language, so he has to translates it into that language, etc., etc., etc. ad infinitum. All along the way, however, the Spirit of God aids each listener as he or she will be aided. We can be sure that until he is blocked out, his revelation will be made. Every translation is also an interpretation, so whether a preacher preaches from Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, or Latin (even from the King James, by the way) he is interpreting an interpretation, and if he has not completely lost all vestige of humility, he has to\ rely ultimately on God to speak through him.
That also, not so incidentally, applies to someone passing on the wisdom of Tao, or any other source of wisdom. To use words to communicate to anyone else, should know the wisdom, that to someone with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Some people always leave a mark in our life. And usually not through their words but through their grace, humility, kindness and compassion. I am just getting to know Taoism and it’s interesting and a learning experience. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. It was interesting to read and a feel good article!
"In the end, the lesson from that day on campus, echoed by Laozi’s wisdom in the Tao Te Ching, is clear: true influence comes not from shouting your beliefs, but from embodying them"
Yes!
I appreciate the wisdom of Tao. Wisdom is always wisdom. Christians and atheists or any believer in anything often forget or never learned that words merely represent ideas, and words often mean different things to different people. Everyone translates words into their own thoughts. Translating from one language into another adds another level of translation. Reading or quoting the Bible to another person is always someone's interpretation of an interpretation of an interpretation of an interpretation, at least. God expressed his thoughts in a language spoken by a prophet. The prophet translated/interpreted it into the language his first listener spoke. That listener interpreted into his thought process. A second listener interprets it into his thought process . To pass it on to someone else, who maybe speaks another language, so he has to translates it into that language, etc., etc., etc. ad infinitum. All along the way, however, the Spirit of God aids each listener as he or she will be aided. We can be sure that until he is blocked out, his revelation will be made. Every translation is also an interpretation, so whether a preacher preaches from Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, or Latin (even from the King James, by the way) he is interpreting an interpretation, and if he has not completely lost all vestige of humility, he has to\ rely ultimately on God to speak through him.
That also, not so incidentally, applies to someone passing on the wisdom of Tao, or any other source of wisdom. To use words to communicate to anyone else, should know the wisdom, that to someone with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Thank you for your insight
Love this!
Thanks Tracy!