Today I'm gonna talk about the 3rd verse of the Tao Te Ching. As always I've started my research from the translated version of Dr. Wayne Dyer, but online you can find many different translations of the Tao Te Ching. This verse is very intense and strong. It's a lot about liberation and the art of 'not doing'. I'm gonna write the last part: "Practice not doing... When action is pure and selfless, everything settles into its own perfect place". This, of course, is a very famous quote and it's also really comprehensible (harder is its implementation). But the part I really like about this 3rd verse, it's the center.
The central part talks about the sage. It's written that the sage empties the hearts (xin) and fills the cores (translation by Universale Economica Feltrinelli). Xin is not only the physical heart, but it's also everything which is connected to it. It's the place of thoughts, intentions, and emotions. Emptying the hearths, the sage leads his people to a calm and peaceful state and filling their core, he assures a state of wellbeing to all of them. The sage leads people to their natural state and helps them be, and find self-consciousness. A clear mind is more receptive and a calm heart can recognize its real path. Wayne Dyer, about this verse, wrote: "I know that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way". It may sound obvious and simple, but it's not. I think it's simply amazing how he lived and interpreted the Tao. For this verse, I've chosen a posture from the 108 Tai Chi Yang form.
It's called 'Hai Ti Chen' - grab the tip on the sea bottom. Only in calm and clear water, we are able to see and grab the tip. (Please remember I'm not teaching movements or postures, but just showing them!)
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