Video Information:<br />Samvaad<br />21st June, 2015<br />Advait Bodhsthal, Noida<br /><br />Context:<br />The Tao te Ching (Chapter 22)<br /><br />If you want to become whole,<br />let yourself be partial.<br />If you want to become straight,<br />let yourself be crooked.<br />If you want to become full,<br />let yourself be empty.<br />If you want to be reborn,<br />let yourself die.<br />If you want to be given everything,<br />give everything up.<br /><br />The Master, by residing in the Tao,<br />sets an example for all beings.<br />Because he doesn’t display himself,<br />people can see his light.<br />Because he has nothing to prove,<br />people can trust his words.<br />Because he doesn’t know who he is,<br />people recognize themselves in him.<br />Because he has no goal in mind,<br />everything he does succeeds.<br /><br />When the ancient Masters said,<br />“If you want to be given everything,<br />give everything up,”<br />they weren’t using empty phrases.<br />Only in being lived by the Tao can you be truly yourself.<br /><br />Why do you need to go beyond yourself?<br />Why do you need to come closer to yourself?<br />Is going beyond yourself possible without coming closer to yourself?<br /><br /><br />Music Credits: Milind Date
