ChiDragon

"Transcendent Man" (jun ren)　尊人

Chapter 1 1. 道可道，非常道。 2. 名可名，非常名。 3. 無,名天地之始。 4. 有,名萬物之母。 5. 故常無,欲以觀其妙。 6. 常有,欲以觀其徼。 7. 此兩者同出而異名， 8. 同謂之玄。玄之又玄， 9. 眾妙之門。 1. Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao. 2. A name that can be named is not an eternal name. 3. Invisible was the name given to Tao at the origin of heaven and earth. 4. Visible was the name given to Tao as the mother of all things. 5. Hence, when Tao is always invisible, one would grok its quale. 6. When Tao is always visible, one would observe its boundary. 7. These two come from one origin but differ in name, 8. Both are regarded as fathomless; the most mysterious of the mysterious; 9. The gate of all changes.

Yes, that was how clunky the classic text was....

Chapter 10 1. 載營魄抱一， 2. 能無離乎﹖ 3. 專氣致柔， 4. 能如嬰兒乎﹖ 5. 滌除玄覽， 6. 能無疵乎﹖ 7. 愛國治民， 8. 能無為乎﹖ 9. 天門開闔， 10.能為雌乎﹖ 11.明白四達， 12.能無知乎。 Note: Lines 13 through 17 are repeated from Chapter 51, they do not link with the logic flow in the chapter, therefore, they may be omitted. 13.生之，畜之， 14.生而不有； 15.為而不恃； 16.長而不宰， 17.是謂玄德。 1. Soul and body as one, 2. Can they not separate? 3. Concentrate "chi" to extreme softness, 4. Can it be like an infant? 5. Cleansing the deep reflector, 6. Can it be no flaws? 7. Patriotic and rule the people, 8. Can it be benevolent? 9. Opening and closing the heavenly gate, 10.Can it be feminized? 11.Understand four directions, 12.Can it be nothing known?

Chapter 25 1. 有物混成 2. 先天地生 3. 寂兮寥兮 4. 獨立而不改 5. 周行而不殆 6. 可以為天地母 7. 吾不知其名 8. 強字之曰"道" 9. 強為之名曰"大" 10. 大曰逝 11. 逝曰遠 12. 遠曰反 13. 故道大 14. 天大 15. 地大 16. 人亦大 17. 域中有四大 18. 而人居其一焉 19. 人法地 20. 地法天 21. 天法道 22. 道法自然 1. There was a thing formed by chaos; 2. Before the sky and earth were born; 3. Soundless and formless; 4. Independent but unchangeable; 5. Moving but never exhaust; 6. It may be the mother of the heaven and earth. 7. I don't know its name. 8. I'm reluctantly calling it "Tao". 9. I'm even more reluctant to have a name "Big" for it. 10.Big but dynamic; 11.Dynamic but far; 12.Far but reciprocating. 13.Therefore, Tao is great. 14.Sky is great. 15.Earth is great. 16.Human is great. 17.In space, there are four great's; 18.Thus human is one of them here. 19.Human follows Earth. 20.Earth follows Heaven . 21.Heaven follows Tao. 22.Tao follows its own nature.

弱者(weakness) is the direct translation for the classic text. It is because that was the way how the classic was written to express for the meaning of "softness" at the time or by LaoTze. It was confusing to the modern Chinese as well as to a westerner. If you like to rephrase it, it is OK but it would loose its authenticity. That is why I had put the explanation in the notes for the reader to understand it better. 1. Reaction is Tao's action. 2. Softness is Tao's function. 3. All things of the world came from Visible. 4. Visible came from Invisible.

Chapter 38 The Virtuous De 1. 上德不德，(shang de bu de,) 2. 是以有德。(shi yi you de.) 3. 下德不失德，(xia de bu shi de,) 4. 是以無德。(shi yi wu de.) 5. 上德 [無為] 而無以為。(shang de [wu wei] er wu yi wei.) 6. 下德 [無為] 而有以為。(xia de [wu wei] er you yi wei.) 7. To be continued...... Sino-English 1. High virtue is not being boasted with virtue, 2. Thus one has virtue or virtuous. 3. Low virtue is tried not to loose virtue, 4. Thus one has no virtue or not virtuous. 5. High virtue with wu wei, thus had no intention. 6. Low virtue with wu wei, thus had intention. Notes: 1. [無為]wu wei:let nature take its course with no interference; to be natural; 2. One who has an intention was considered not to be Wu Wei.

Chapter 40 40 1. 反者道之動。 2. 弱者道之用。 3. 天下萬物生於有， 4. 有生於無。 1. Reaction is Tao's action. 2. Weakness is Tao's function. 3. All things of the world came from Visible. 4. Visible came from Invisible. Notes: 1. Weakness is softness. 2. Visible is Tao in the visible state. 3. Invisible is Tao in the invisible state.

Chapter 5 天地不仁， 以萬物為芻狗。 聖人不仁， 以百姓為芻狗。 天地之間， 其猶橐籥乎﹖ 虛而不屈， 動而愈出。 多言數窮， 不如守中。 Chapter 5 01. Heaven and Earth have no mercy, 02. Treating all things as straw dogs. 03. Sages have no mercy, 04. Treating people as straw dogs. 05. In-between-Heaven-and-Earth 06. Is like a wind box, 07. Vacuous but inexhaustible, 08. Dynamic but invigorating. 09. Excessive words accelerate failure. 10. Prefer to stay with vacuous quietness.

Bendowa... Your current practices include: Soto Zen AYP Hatha Yoga Yang style Tai Chi Zhan Zhuang (Working from Master Lam Kam Chuen's "Way of Energy") Diet (Whole foods, TCM, Ayurveda, Paleo/Traditional/WAPF) Aneros "re-wiring" w/ MGX Tibetan Buddhist style healing visualizations (working from Boundless Healing by Tulku Thondup) You are practicing too many things. In the mean time, due to your present health condition, you are better off just do something simple to get rid of your indigestion problem first.

Bendowa....... You may practice sitting Chi Kung by concentrate on your breathing. Breathe slowly, expend your abdomen during inhalation and suck it in during exhalation. This abdominal breathing will massage your digestion system to help indigestion and prevent constipation. At the beginning, abdominal breathing is not easy. It is better to breathe progressively form shallow to deep breathing until the abdomen can be fully expanded. It may take a little time to accomplish this. In the long run, it will improve your health tremendously.