Tao by Matsumoto
Chapter 47
No outside
三島由紀夫 禁色 色
[Tao Te Ching Chapter 47] No outside / English translation
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Without getting out of the door, you know the world under the sky.
Without looking out of the window, you see Heaven's Tao.
The farther you go away from it, the less of it you know.
That's why the sage doesn't go but know, doesn't see but know, and doesn't act but accomplish.
[Paraphrased]
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Although true You are Tao, your own self is part of your hologram (=the world under the sky). Your own self cannot exist outside the hologram. Nevertheless, it can learn that the world is your hologram which you project in the mind. The world exists inside you, not outside.
You don't have to get out of your hologram (=the world) because you can see Tao's manifestation everywhere in there. "Heaven" suggests your hologram. "Heaven's Tao" signifies "your hologram is a manifestation of Tao". However, it is a bit difficult to see it this way while you are deeply attached to your hologram.
"The farther you go", the less you learn. It illustrates Tao's mechanism. The bigger it looks, the more trifle it is in your hologram. National politics and international affairs seem enormous, but can you really see them? All you can see are limited to a monitor or a newspaper. One should know it is the true size of them. The closer it is, the more important it is to you. Who is the closest to you?
You don't have to go anywhere to know what's going on because you are the one who projects it in your hologram. You don't have to analyze things only to make them more complicated. You don't have to do anything in order to make the perfect world "better". If you are not happy about the world (=your hologram), it is you who has to change, not the world. Stop judging.
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