[ Give way, only to receive even more ]

To go back to the beginning, a never-ending, the entrance to the path

Not to ever speak, nor to demystify, every competition stopped

For if you finally Tao the Dao it sure is no longer that Tao

O were I wise, truly sensible, then I would chat less

And give way, only to receive so much more

Then I would ever dare to ask the Taiyi

Return, o return and never go back

And reinstate me in paradise..

 

Demystified Eighty and One

© 2022-12-14 to 2023-01-28

Note.

Taiyi - 太乙 : Great Oneness, Great Unity

Zhenren - 真人 : Perfected Person

[ Look Inside ]

 

For some the promised land is that small patch of earth

with just these inhabitants all known to one another

They can hear and see their neighbours but have no desire

to either visit or occupy, not even to conquer or compare

They, these simple people living of their promised land, just favour and like

their own little ways, their food, specific clothes, protective of their homes 

Demystified Eighty

© 2022-12-14

[ Nearing the exit ]

 

If your body aches, like mine, and fails you, as mine does

remain as elastic and listen to the signals of your frame

move along, work with it, just do not strain or burden

As for your body so for your mind

softness, kindness, subtlety 

these bring life to life

It's when you've become inflexible and harsh

that's when you belong between six shelves

Demystified Seventy-six

© 2022-12-07

[ On social justice and natural balance ]

 

Well finally, ....at last.... .

We've reached that road

route 77

that takes us from earth

This miry route is not paved

with good intentions

not by taking from have-nots 

with good intentions

nor by giving more to haves

Only the tollkeepers on this route

distribute fair to all who pass by.

Demystified Seventy-seven

 

© 2022-12-07

[ Aunt Sally ]

 

The contradictory of it all is in the right to the tithe and title, throw the sticks

when a ruler is crooked, not straight, it can't be used for true measurement

Not the poor scapegoat sent into the desert carries our sin, guilt and shame

nor the Son of Heaven, their sacrifies do not diminish our sin, it's truly ours

Demystified Seventy-eight

 

© 2022-12-14

[ ¿¡ ..Unconfuciused..?! ]

Where there's hate there can never be peace...........!

Should every debt be collected till the bitter end.......?

Can there ever be a fair contract among unequals...?

You know, Xi, the son of heaven has died, accept it..!

Demystified Seventy-nine

© 2022-12-14

[ The cross you impose on your self ]

 

Would you add worth to your life

by piling riches to your wealth

as every surplus you allow yourself

comes at the cost of the other

Isn't your soul by far too precious 

to be diminished by your ego

as is a good life for your neighbour

even if of a different descent

not worth every penny you've got

Demystified Seventy-five

© 2022-12-03

....and this is what they're saying....

                                                                                             

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|                                                                                            |

|                                                                                            |

|                                                                                            |

|                                                                                            |

|                                                                                            |

                                                                                             

    A Chinese White Paper Protest 

                             © 2022-12-03

[ The junction of 74-th street ]

 

What if a people becomes a rabble

a mob that indicts, judges, executes

can and will such verdict ever be just 

What if the ancient wise were wrong

to fear death and the state's hangmen

not ending tyranny from those in power

What if the ancient and the mob cut and

wounded, with their hands their very soul

would my heart be capable to correct it all 

What if you could live of this earth as equal

all children of Gaia caring for fellowship love

life and remain limited in number and feed all

What if that would all be possible but only after

right after the judgment and fall of that other mob

supporting those in power and I'd be its executioner

Could you, would you, be the juror, give your vote to me

or do you - like Moses once - choose to plea for all people

as the Almighty proposed an end to the feast and start anew 

Demystified Seventy-four

© 2022-11-30 / 2022-12-07