Tao Te Ching Verse 18 – Living Above the Pendulum!

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span lang="EN" style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;" xml:lang="EN">Is it possible to live a life of Compassion, which lifts us above criticism and faultfinding?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span lang="EN" style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;" xml:lang="EN">When the greatness of the Tao is present, action arises from one's own heart.<br /></span><span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #202124; letter-spacing: .1pt; background: white;">— Jonathan Star, Tao Te Ching, The Definitive Edition, Verse 18</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span lang="EN" style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;" xml:lang="EN">More identification of what life looks like when we choose substitutes rather than what is real.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span lang="EN" style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;" xml:lang="EN">We are looking forward to seeing you at an upcoming meeting!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting:</span> <a href= "https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; color: blue;">https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:1</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-marg