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  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 78

    Laozi uses water as a metaphor for the Dao for their shared characteristics. Water has no fixed shape, conforming to its container. This mirrors the Dao’s formless nature.

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  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 40

    The Dao, in its pure state, eludes labels of existence or void, motion or stillness, opposition or alignment. Human minds, bound by dualities, craft these distinctions. Our perceived world—a construct of senses and thought—veils reality’s true face.

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  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 30

    During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, warfare was a central component of social dynamics.

    Philosophers and thinkers were not detached from these realities of war. Laozi was no exception. Through observing military processes, they identified issues of philosophical significance, elevating their study to a metaphysical plane.

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  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 9

    An ancient Chinese proverb warns: “Fullness begets loss,” a principle that echoes the Daoist axiom from Chapter 40: “The movement of the Dao lies in reversal.” Every phenomenon contains within itself the seeds of its own transformation into its opposite.‌

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  • Dao De Jing – Chapter 7

    Chapter 7 of the Dao De Jing articulates a fundamental principle of Laozi: “The movement of the Dao lies in reversal‌.” Every phenomenon inherently contains the seeds of its own negation‌.

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