Tao Te Ching Verse 26: Practicing Grounded Stillness

Send us a Text Message.Tao Te Ching Verse 26:translated by James LeggeGravity is the root of lightness; stillness, the ruler of movement.Therefore a wise prince, marching the whole day, does not go far from his baggage waggons. Although he may have brilliant prospects to look at, he quietly remains (in his proper place), indifferent to them. How should the lord of a myriad chariots carry himself lightly before the kingdom? If he does act lightly, he has lost his root (of gravity); if he ...