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Shattering all illusions…(Tao Te Ching finale) ~ by Adele So this week, our journey with the Tao Te Ching comes to an end..or a beginning, I guess. We have looked deeply within the timely messages of Lao Tzu, and now it is time for us to take them away and weave them into our lives. Our last chapter to unravel together, was chapter 38… The Master doesn’t try to be powerful; thus he is truly powerful. The ordinary man keeps reaching for power; thus he never has enough. The Master does nothing, yet he leaves nothing undone. The ordinary man is always doing things, yet many more are left to be done. The kind man does something, yet something remains undone. The just man does something, and leaves many things to be done. The moral man does something, and when no one responds he rolls up his sleeves and uses force. When the Tao is lost, there is goodness. When goodness is lost, there is morality. When morality is lost, there is rit