The Taoist Trader: The Transformed Trader
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 42) Tao gives life to the one The one gives life to the two The two give life to the three The three give life to ten thousand things All beings support yin and embrace yang and the interplay of these two forces fills the universe Yet only at the […]
The Taoist Trader: You Get What You Need
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 41) When the best seeker hears of Tao he strives with great effort to know it When the average seeker hears of Tao he thinks of it now and again When the poorest seeker hears of Tao he laughs out loud Tao is always becoming what we have need for […]
The Taoist Trader: The Tao is the Mean
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 40) Returning is the motion of the Tao. Yielding is the function of the Tao. All things come from being. Being comes from non-being. (By Lao Tsu, interpreted by Jerry O. Dalton) “Returning is the motion of the Tao.” This line reminds me of the statistical concept of “regression to the […]
The Taoist Trader: Red Dragon Swooping
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 39) In harmony with the Tao, the sky is clear and spacious. the earth is solid and full, all creatures flourish together, content with the way they are, endlessly repeating themselves, endlessly renewed. When man interferes with the Tao, the sky becomes filthy, the earth becomes depleted, the equilibrium crumbles, […]
The Taoist Trader: Breaking the Rules
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 38) To give without seeking reward To help without thinking it is virtuous— therein lies great virtue To keep account of your actions To help with the hope of gaining merit— therein lies no virtue The highest virtue is to act without a sense of self The highest kindness is […]
The Taoist Trader: Your Unique Trading Path
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 37) Our practice is one of effortless effort. It seems as if we do nothing, yet everything is done. If we stay on this path and resist the temptation to control, each thing will naturally evolve according to its individual nature. When our conditioning arises and attempts to stir […]
The Taoist Trader: Endarkenment
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 36) What needs to shrink must first have grown; what seeks weakness surely was strong. What seeks its ruin must first have risen; what seeks to take has surely given. This is called the small dark light: the soft, the weak prevail over the hard, the strong. (By Lao Tsu, […]