"The way of heaven is like the bending
of a bow.
What is high up gets pulled down.
What is low down gets pulled up.
Heaven takes from what has too much and
gives to what doesn't have enough.
Man is different:
he takes from those who have too little
and gives to those who have too much.
Who has a genuine abundance to give to the world?
Only a person of Tao.
He acts without expectation,
accomplishes without taking credit,
and has no desire to display his merit."
Trying to understand the way of Heaven on Earth's terms is like trying to put the ship in the bottle after the glass has been blown.
Who has too much and who has too little is not for people on Earth to see. You cannot often tell just by looking at people what or how much they have suffered.
of a bow.
What is high up gets pulled down.
What is low down gets pulled up.
Heaven takes from what has too much and
gives to what doesn't have enough.
Man is different:
he takes from those who have too little
and gives to those who have too much.
Who has a genuine abundance to give to the world?
Only a person of Tao.
He acts without expectation,
accomplishes without taking credit,
and has no desire to display his merit."
Trying to understand the way of Heaven on Earth's terms is like trying to put the ship in the bottle after the glass has been blown.
Who has too much and who has too little is not for people on Earth to see. You cannot often tell just by looking at people what or how much they have suffered.
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