TAO 53- Gaia's Driving Force

If I understood only one thing,
I would want to use it to follow the Tao.
My only fear would be one of pride.
The Tao goes in the level places,
but people prefer to take the short cuts.

If too much time is spent cleaning the house
the land will become neglected and full of weeds,
and the granaries will soon become empty
because there is no one out working the fields.
To wear fancy clothes and ornaments,
to have your fill of food and drink
and to waste all of your money buying possessions
is called the crime of excess.
Oh, how these things go against the way of the Tao!

The creative drive of Gaia is the dissipation of energy.

That is all I need to understand.

It is personal.  It is internal.

It can only affect me; to rant against humanity is vanity.

If I spend my time fighting other human perceptions, it is a waste of time.

If I try to legislate climate control, it is a fool’s errand.

If I believe I am entitled, it is a crime.

If I believe I can take it with me, it is folly.

If I live as an example of simple dissipation.

Expecting no more, no less.

Only then will I obey the Law.

TAO 54- Gaia=Perfection=Awe

That which is well built
will never be torn down.
That which is well latched
can not slip away.
Those who do things well
will be honored from generation to generation.

If this idea is cultivated in the individual,
then his virtue will become genuine.
If this idea is cultivated in your family,
then virtue in your family will be great.
If this idea is cultivated in your community,
then virtue will go a long way.
If this idea is cultivated in your country,
then virtue will be in many places.
If this idea is cultivated in the world,
then virtue will be with everyone.

Then observe the person for what the person does,
and observe the family for what it does,
and observe the community for what it does,
and observe the country for what it does,
and observe the world for what it does.
How do I know this saying is true?
I observe these things and see.

We live with the opportunity of AWE.

Gaia provides everything we need, perfectly.

Thermodynamics chaotically drives creation and life.

That is unchanging.

Know why we simply dissipate energy, and participate as a Gaian.

Create this joy with your family.

Make your family a pillar of society

Help society maintain this miracle we all share.

Walk the Talk it’s said.

It can make the difference.

I know, because I look in a mirror.

TAO 55- Life and Death

One who is filled with the Tao
is like a newborn child.
The infant is protected from
the stinging insects, wild beasts, and birds of prey.
Its bones are soft, its muscles are weak,
but its grip is firm and strong.
It doesn't know about the union
of male and female,
yet his penis can stand erect,
because of the power of life within him.
It can cry all day and never become hoarse.
This is perfect harmony.

To understand harmony is to understand the Constant.
To know the Constant is to be called 'enlightened'.
To unnaturally try to extend life is not appropriate.
To try and alter the life-breath is unnatural.
The master understands that when something reaches its prime
it will soon begin to decline.
Changing the natural is against the way of the Tao.
Those who do it will come to an early end.

Heinlein in Stranger in a Strange Land  groked.

His messiah Michael changed his environment by example

If I grok the Second Law

If I accept that life is no more or less than dissipation of energy

I can find balance and peace.

Perhaps I can change my environment by example.

To live in balance is to understand thermodynamics;

Entropy and Enthalpy = Life and Death.

I cannot change the law.

I can influence those around me.

Gaia is fragile, we cannot abuse her.

Gaia will survive climate change.

Gaia will survive nuclear disasters.

Gaia will survive human hubris.

Humanity can’t.

TAO 56- Walk the Talk

Those who know do not talk.
Those who talk do not know.

Stop talking,
meditate in silence,
blunt your sharpness,
release your worries,
harmonize your inner light,
and become one with the dust.
Doing this is called the dark and mysterious identity.

Those who have achieved the mysterious identity
can not be approached, and they can not be alienated.
They can not be benefited nor harmed.
They can not be made noble nor to suffer disgrace.
This makes them the most noble of all under the heavens.

If we are to save Gaia

We need to grok the second Law of Thermodynamics.

This means to understand at a primal survival level.

Those who brag about their idea of a perfect solution are wrong.

If you broadcast your solution

If you are the wisest of the wise

If you proselytize changing the law because of a godly message

You delude yourself while wearing a public dunce cap.

Gaians understand.

Gaians walk the walk, talk the talk.

They are an attractor state for balance and harmony.

TAO 57- Participation

Govern your country with integrity,
Weapons of war can be used with great cunning,
but loyalty is only won by not-doing.
How do I know the way things are?
By these:

The more prohibitions you make,
the poorer people will be.
The more weapons you possess,
the greater the chaos in your country.
The more knowledge that is acquired,
the stranger the world will become.
The more laws that you make,
the greater the number of criminals.

Therefore the Master says:
I do nothing,
and people become good by themselves.
I seek peace,
and people take care of their own problems.
I do not meddle in their personal lives,
and the people become prosperous.
I let go of all my desires,
and the people return to the Uncarved Block.

Lao Tsu wrote universally of the human tragedy.

He warned of governments out of control.

He warned of individuals who meddle in the natural order.

The more human society fights the law of thermodynamics

The further we go astray

The more we try to explain a simple concept

The more unfathomable it becomes.

It is better not to participate in

Government, Greed, Soapboxes, Excess, and Intellectual Vanity.

It is better to understand life as a dissipative function

And participate in reality.

TAO 58- Government Should STFU

If a government is unobtrusive,
the people become whole.
If a government is repressive,
the people become treacherous.

Good fortune has its roots in disaster,
and disaster lurks with good fortune.
Who knows why these things happen,
or when this cycle will end?
Good things seem to change into bad,
and bad things often turn out for good.
These things have always been hard to comprehend.

Thus the Master makes things change
without interfering.
She is probing yet causes no harm.
Straightforward, yet does not impose her will.
Radiant, and easy on the eye.

If the government, congress, and world leaders, would just quit being the smartest person in the room and shut up for a while,

Maybe we can change

Maybe we can start to understand

Maybe we can quit labeling

Maybe we can accept science

Maybe we can believe again

Look in a mirror.

Ask questions.

Trust your instincts.

The laws of thermodynamics are neither good nor bad.

They just are.

TAO 59 - Moderation

There is nothing better than moderation
for teaching people or serving Heaven.
Those who use moderation
are already on the path to the Tao.
Those who follow the Tao early
will have an abundance of virtue.
When there is an abundance of virtue,
there is nothing that can not be done.
Where there is limitless ability,
then the kingdom is within your grasp.
When you know the Mother of the kingdom,
then you will be long enduring.

This is spoken of as the deep root and the firm trunk,
the Way to a long life and great spiritual vision.

Ranting, raving, blogging and legislating

Won’t solve the problem

Won’t protect Gaia

Won’t change the law

Control yourself and you teach.

Teach and you control others.

Others have the powerless power to change

It starts with me

When I grok the second law I can show it

When others see it and dissipate they show it

Network this understanding