Tao Te Ching (Chapter 54) Whoever is planted in the Tao will not be rooted up. Whoever embraces the Tao will not slip away. Her name will be held in honor from generation to generation. Let the Tao be present in your life and you will become genuine. Let it be present in your […]
The Taoist Trader: Love the Market as Yourself
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 49) We hold no fixed opinions. Our hearts are therefore open to the hearts of all. We extend kindness to the kind and unkind alike. Thus kindness becomes our very nature. We extend trust to the trustworthy and untrustworthy alike. Thus trust becomes our very nature. We don’t […]
The Taoist Trader: Empty your Cup
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 48) Learning consists of filling; Following the Tao consists of emptying. So the sage does less and less until nothing is done. When things are doing themselves, nothing is left undone. To live harmoniously in the world, Let the world do itself. (By Lao Tsu, translated by Ray Grigg) […]
The Taoist Trader: The Market Flirts with You
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 47) Without going outside one can know the whole world Without looking out the window one can see the ways of Heaven The farther one goes the less one knows Thus the Sage does not go, yet he knows He does not look, yet he sees He does not do, […]
The Taoist Trader: The Greed Curse
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 46) When the world practices Tao, horses fertilize the fields. When the world ignores Tao, horses are bred for war. There is no greater calamity than desire, no greater curse than greed. Know that enough is enough, and you’ll always have enough. (By Lao Tsu, translated by Brian Browne Walker) […]
The Taoist Trader: Let Your Mind Flow Free
Tao Te Ching (Chapter 45) What’s perfectly whole seems flawed, but you can use it forever. What’s perfectly full seems empty, but you can’t use it up. True straightness looks crooked. Great skill looks clumsy. Real eloquence seems to stammer. To be comfortable in the cold, keep moving; to be comfortable in 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 […]