The teachings of Tao go on. They all seem to point out the fact that everything in the world is balanced and good the way it is. Almost everything is written in some sort of riddle which makes it a bit harder to understand. But, this part in particular confused me a lot:
"When the great Tao is forgotten,
Kindness and morality arise." (Tao Te Ching 18:1)
It's not that I don't understand what the quote is saying. I just don't know why it's said. Here, the axiom is saying that Tao should be forgotten to obtain kindness and morality, and since kindness and morality are good things, this axiom is telling us that the Tao should be forgotten to obtain something good. I thought that the teachings were supposed to be telling us to follow the way of the Tao, not to forget it. So, this part was kind of confusing and it left me wondering what message the text was trying to give us.
So, that's how it is. I like the teachings until now since the book is divided into very short pieces of texts. A new chapter (or whatever the numbers stand for) starts every time when it's about to get boring
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