Tao by Matsumoto

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75. Starvation

[Chapter 75 / English Translation] - click the line to watch the related video.
People starve because their king taxes them too much. That's why they starve.

It's difficult to govern people because their king does something. That's why it's difficult to govern them.

People think lightly of ending life because they demand plenty of life. That's why they think lightly of ending life.

Surely, those who do nothing by living are better than those who value life.


Rapid Decoded
"People" means your hologram, "king" its creator, that is to say, you. Your hologram "starves" when you try to control it.

If you do something, it is difficult to control your hologram. Do nothing, and you can transform it as you like.

Life is just a hologram. If you are too concerned about life, you don't know its raison d'être. Life exists as a catalyst to stimulate you to emit the energy Tao.

Don't value life too much. It is better to do nothing in life. By doing nothing, you can change your life.


Videos / YouTube playlist

- 75-1 Tax & Starve
- 75-2 King & Zen Master Dogen
- 75-3 Plenty of life?
- 75-4 Value life?


[Related Articles]
-Do nothing. In Ch.3, this principle is discussed. It may be a bit different from what you think of "doing truly nothing".





Read Yama Uba the Zen play

☞貝原益軒 Kaibara, Ekiken or Kaibara, Ekken (1630 - 1714) was a Confucianist samurai and natural historian. He wrote quite a few books, notably «Yojokun 養生訓» on the left among others. The title can be interpreted as "the instructions for keeping healthy". In the book, the samurai from Fukuoka asks us not to be a gourmet. «The philosophy of Qi» on the right is the translation of Ekiken's «Taigiroku 大疑録», the Record of Great Doubts.
  1. Tao

 2. Hologram

 3. The floating world Ukiyo

 4. Play

 5. Gate

 6. Dark Depth

 7. Dark Depth Female

 8. Do nothing

 9. Body soul and Spirit soul

10. You and non-you

11. Yin Yang circle

12. No judgement

13. Resistance

14. Satori

15. Act without acting

16. Colour

(Last modified: 14 November 2011)