Humanity grows more and more
intelligent, yet there is clearly
more trouble and less
happiness daily.
How can this be so?
It is because intelligence is not the same
thing as wisdom.
When a society misuses partial
intelligence and ignores holistic
wisdom, its people forget the
benefits of plain and natural life.
Seduced by their desires, emotions, and
egos, they become slaves to bodily
demands, to luxuries, to power
and unbalanced religion
and psychological
excuses.
Then the reign of calamity and
confusion begins.
Nonetheless, superior people can awaken
during times of turmoil to lead
others out of the mire.
But how can the one liberate the many?
He does this not by elevating himself,
but by lowering himself.
He lowers himself to that which is simple,
modest, and true; integrating it into
himself, he bcomes a master of
simplicity, modesty and truth.
Completely emancipated from his former
false life, he discovers his orginal
pure nature, which is the pure
nature of the universe.
Freely and spontaneously releasinghis
divine energy, he constantly
transcends complicated
situations and draws
everything around
him back into an
integral oneness.
Because he is a living divinity, when
he acts, the universe acts.
-Brian Brown Walker
Hua Hu Ching: The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu
Verse 77
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