LETTING BE
Too many orders provoke disorder.
Too many rules arouse unruliness.
Too many laws incite lawbreaking.
With a well-schooled steed:
Commands become imperceptible, obedience seems
instinctive.
Mount and rider lose their selves in one-ness.
In a good-natured garden:
Plot and gardener merge in intent.
Labours
dwindle, becoming lost in love.
Letting go?
Letting be!
Taoism regards
overbearing or insensitive 'meddling' with nature and
natural processes as a primary source of strife, discord and
distress.
In contrast to the imposition of human will implied by
hubris or egotism, Tao favours the concept of 'non-action'
or 'work without effort'.
In place of domination or
control, this principle aims to develop intimate and
mutually beneficial partnerships - with the natural world,
within human societies and within individuals
themselves; motivating changes of outlook, behaviour, or
consciousness - 'naturally'!
FINDING THE WAY
