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Verse Two * * * Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty Only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good Only because there is evil. Therefore having and not having Arise together. Difficult and easy Complement each other. Long and short Contrast each other: High and low Rest upon each other; Voice and sound Harmonize each other; Front and back Follow one another. Therefore the sage goes about doing nothing, teaching no-talking. The ten thousand things Rise and fall without cease, Creating, yet not. Working, yet not taking credit. Work is done, then forgotten. Therefore it lasts forever. *** Comments on the Tao Te Ching by Gabriel Raam: Gabriel Raam, philosopher, thinker and founder of the Fifth Way (en.5thway.com) gives commentary on the enigmatic Tao Te Ching by Lau Tzu. In these following fascinating sessions with his students, Gabriel introduces a new perspective which he calls “the consciousness view” on the famous book of Tao. In the spirit of the Fifth Way, Gabriel doesn’t give speeches or long monologues but goes into a true dialogue with his students and gives fresh and new meaning to the Tao Te Ching. Verse after verse Gabriel reveals that the Tao Te Ching is still as relevant and as important as when it was written 2700 years ago in ancient China...

Verse One * * * The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of the ten thousand things. Ever desireless one can see the mystery. Ever desiring one sees the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery. Gabriel Raam, philosopher, thinker and founder of the Fifth Way (en.5thway.com) gives commentary on the enigmatic Tao Te Ching by Lau Tzu. In these following fascinating sessions with his students, Gabriel introduces a new perspective which he calls “the consciousness view” on the famous book of Tao. In the spirit of the Fifth Way, Gabriel doesn’t give speeches or long monologues but goes into a true dialogue with his students and gives fresh and new meaning to the Tao Te Ching. Verse after verse Gabriel reveals that the Tao Te Ching is still as relevant and as important as when it was written 2700 years ago in ancient China...