Why is the U.S. in the middle of everything?
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Kote, stop fanning the flames of war and take a little enlightenment from YOUR OWN website. You seem to be a fan of the TAO yet you act like one who has been schooled at the SS.
Read from your website.. the TAO..
18. THE DECAY OF ETHICS
When the way of the Tao is forgotten,
kindness and ethics need to be taught;
men learn to pretend to be wise and good.All too often in the lives of men,
filial piety and devotion
arise only after conflict and strife,
just as loyal ministers all too often appear,
when the people are suppressed.31. MAINTAINING PEACE
Weapons of war are instruments of fear,
and are abhorred by those who follow the Tao.
The leader who follows the natural way
does not abide them.The warrior king leans to his right,
from whence there comes his generals' advice,
but the peaceful king looks to his left,
where sits his counsellor of peace.
When he looks to his left, it is a time of peace,
and when to the right, a time for sorrow.Weapons of war are instruments of fear,
and are not favoured by the wise,
who use them only when there is no choice,
for peace and stillness are dear to their hearts,
and victory causes them no rejoicing.To rejoice in victory is to delight in killing;
to delight in killing is to have no self-being.The conduct of war is that of a funeral;
when people are killed, it is a time of mourning.
This is why even victorious battle
should be observed without rejoicing.50. THE VALUE SET ON LIFE
In looking at the people, we might see
that in the space twixt birth and death,
one third follow life, and one third death,
and those who merely pass from birth to death,
are also one third of those we see.He who lives by the way of the Tao,
travels without fear of ferocious beasts,
and will not be pierced in an affray,
for he offers no resistance.
The universe is the centre of his world,
so in the inner world
of he who lives within the Tao,
there is no place
where death can enter in.53. EVIDENCE
When temptation arises to leave the Tao,
banish temptation, stay with the Tao.When the court has adornments in profusion,
the fields are full of weeds,
and the granaries are bare.
It is not the way of nature to carry a sword,
nor to over-adorn oneself,
nor to have more than a sufficiency
of fine food and drink.He who has more possessions than he can use,
deprives someone who could use them well.60. RULING
To rule a country,
one must act with care,
as when frying the smallest fish.If actions are approached,
and carried out in the natural way,
the power of evil is reduced,
and so the ruler and the ruled
are equally protected.
They will not contrive to harm each other,
for the virtue of one refreshes the other.68. WITHOUT DESIRE
An effective warrior acts
not from nihilistic anger,
nor from desire to kill.He who wins should not be vengeful.
An employer should have humility.If we wish for peace and unity,
our dealings with our fellow man
must be without desire for self-advantage,
and carried out without contention.75. INJURING THROUGH GREED
When taxes are too heavy,
hunger lays the people low.
When those who govern interfere too much,
the people become rebellious.When those who govern demand too much
of people's lives, death is taken lightly.
When the people are starving in the land,
life is of little value,
and so is more easily sacrificed by them
in overthrowing government.....
So now master kaufman, you have been learned.