The Tao Te Ching is the great treatise which leads the true seeker straight to enlightenemt.

Unfortunately, translations of the words cannot grasp the meaning, which isn't helpful for most seekers from a practical point of view, as to gain anything from the Tao, it must be practiced.

The following example of the Tao Te Ching is the result of living the Tao directly, and gaining deep insights along the way.The depth of the Tao cannot be fathomed by the words alone. On the surface it seems to be a guide of how to live, and interact for the most desirable results, but this view misses completely what the writer is pointing at.

Lao Tzu, didn't just write down his thoughts, but his experiences, as the Tao Te Ching is a book of experience. If you experience the Tao, you experience Lao Tzu.

Don't believe for a second that Lao Tzu wrote down these words begrudgingly. This is just a fable. He was a man like Gautama and Hui Neng, who only cared for enlightenment. He could not be forced to write the Tao Te Ching, but he wrote it out of his intense love of enlightenment, and longing for the Tao. For enlightenment these people would give up their mothers, so how could Lao Tzu be forced to write?

Having lived the Tao, the liver is not more, and living is. This is the blissful state you abide in when you are not.

Try to understand, and you won't understand.

Approach it with humility and innocence, and the Tao Te Ching will shower you with flowers of the most lovely fragrance you will beam with joy.

Be arrogant and try to understand, and you will see words.

 

Good Luck and All The Best