Tao of Today

Figured this would be a good way to start the new year's blogging.

Tao Te Ching
73
Trans. Hua Ching-Ni

(S)He who is brave and daring
will meet an unnatural death.
(S)He who is brave in gentleness will be preserved.
Of these two kinds of bravery, one is beneficial,
while the other proves harmful.
The subtle truth of the Universe does not support
those who are brave in daring,
yet there are still many people
who do not understand such an apparent truth.
So, even the one who integrates his being
with the ways of the Universe,
dares not make light of the subtle law of life.

The subtle way of the universe,
gave birth to a world of peace and order.
It responds to the order and harmony
of all beings and things
without needing to talk to them.
Without your summoning it, it comes to you.
Without scheming, its plan is perfect.
Vast is the subtle energy network of the universe.
Sparsely meshed it is, yet nothing can slip through it!