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  The more you try to run their lives
  With rules and prohibition
  The poorer people's lives become
  The more they live in opposition

  The more you deal with others
  With cunning and with guile
  The more that other people say
  Our lives are not worthwhile

  The more you hoard your treasures
  The more you're giving hope to thieves
  The more you sharpen weapons
  The more the country grieves

  Do nothing and see all is done
  And everyone is true
  Drop the rules and people owe
  Prosperity to you

  Just let go of all desire
  And people will return
  To natural and simple ways
  To life without concern

  58

  Let your lead be gentle
  And people will be satisfied
  Let it be severe and harsh
  And be rejected and defied

  Happiness may reign today
  But who knows what tomorrow holds?
  Sadness too will have its time
  As all ten thousand things unfold

  The seer's sight is sharp and pointed
  But it does not cut or pierce
  The seer sees and shows the truth
  This gentle way is never fierce

  59

  To serve and care for others
  With restraint and moderation
  Stay centered in the here and now
  And free of limitation

  If you keep returning
  To this your central root
  You will possess forever
  Awareness undilute

  60

  It's best to lead a large domain
  As you would cook a little fish
  Don't poke and prod or you are bound
  To spoil the country and the dish

  Just stay open and aware
  And evil cannot get a hold
  Cannot find a home in you
  Even evil's not that bold

  At center you harm no one
  And no one's able to harm you
  This kind of reciprocity
  Creates the world anew

  61

  A great domain is like the sea
  Whose power comes from lying low
  And due to this humility
  Its greatness has to grow

  A small domain can lie low too
  Acknowledging its low location
  Surrender and humility
  Give rise to exaltation

  If you lie low you too arise
  To uppermost position
  For everyone's attracted to
  One who doesn't fear submission

  62

  I'm at the center and the source
  Of all ten thousand things
  Where I receive the benefits
  That pure awareness brings

  These benefits belong to all
  To good and bad the same
  For nature gives you what you need
  With no regard for praise or blame

  Words and deeds of excellence
  May bring you honor and acclaim
  But nature values each alike
  And is indifferent to fame

  When new leaders are installed
  Don't send gifts or lofty praise
  Stay centered in the unity
  Provided by the inward gaze

  Why should you esteem the void?
  It does away with imperfection
  Those who seek are bound to find
  It disappears on close inspection

  63

  Begin with the easy
  And do without doing
  There isn't a thing
  That you should be pursuing

  Begin with the simple
  There's no need attacking
  Your greatness will lie
  In all that you're lacking

  Tackle problems when they're small
  And still subject to solution
  The largest problem is resolved
  By simple deeds of diminution

  Can you center every day
  And see all the seers see
  Empty here and brimming there
  A marvelous asymmetry?

  64

  To keep the peace is easy
  Begin before a problem stirs
  Handle things before they happen
  And trouble before it occurs

  Be calm and conquer worries
  Before they can proceed
  The very largest tree begins
  As just a tiny seed

  It takes a single step to start
  A journey of a thousand miles
  And just one brick to start to build
  The grandest domiciles

  Let things happen as they will
  You do not need to interfere
  See that you do nothing
  That causes discord to appear

  65

  Those of old who found the way
  Could see their inner core
  They saw that it was hidden
  And didn't bring it to the fore

  When people think they know the truth
  They want all others to concur
  But they are happy and content
  When they remain unsure

  Don't try to lead with cleverness
  Prefer instead simplicity
  It's obvious that truth must lie
  In nothingness and clarity

  66

  The sea is large and mighty
  Because it lies below
  The streams and rivers of the world
  Thus capturing their flow

  If you want to have your fill
  Then you must see that you are hollow
  If you want to lead the way
  Then you must be prepared to follow

  When you lead you are above
  But no one feels put down
  And when you must be out in front
  Know that no one's losing ground

  When you see that you're not built
  For facing up or confrontation
  No one can contend with you
  Who are the ultimate negation

  67

  On seeing inner nothingness
  You see it's great beyond compare
  Though many find it curious
  That you would even care

  I have three treasures that I keep
  The first is friendliness
  The second is to stay behind
  The third is wanting less

  For if you're friendly and you care
  You can dare to do what's needed
  And if you always stay behind
  The lead will surely be conceded

  And if you're satisfied with less
  You have everything to give
  Keep these treasures in your heart
  Then you will truly live

  68

  Violence is not the way
  The greatest warriors know
  That treachery and anger
  Will not defeat the foe

  You only win if you don't strive
  And gain if you do not oppose
  This is the certain victory
  Simplicity bestows

  69

  In conflict just be cautious
  And always on your guard
  Rather than advance an inch
  Instead retreat a yard

  In this way you go along
  And make your gain without advancing
  You deal with the rival
  As your position is enhancing

  Remember that it's possible
  Your rival just may yield
  So don't advance on such a foe
  Let differences be healed

  70

  Embarrassingly obvious
  And always near at hand
  It is this nothingness you see
  But never understand

  Though truth within is ageless
  Very few will ever see
  My face is what I give to you
  The jewel within is me

  71

  You cannot understand the truth
  Claim to know and show you're ill
  Just see that you are missing
  That truth is bare and nil

  Unknowing is the final cure
  When knowledge takes its heavy toll
  Pure presence is totality
  And absence makes you whole

  72

  When the sense of wonder goes
  Disaster is not far behind
  Don't intrude in people's lives
  And they won't think you are unkind

  The seer sees both this and that
  But doesn't ask for praise
  Finding this immensity
  With just a simple inward gaze

  73

  The way is very easy
  Its purposes prevail
  When all is done in silence
  Intention cannot fail

  Its net is vast and over all
  With meshes large and wide
  Yet it loses nothing
  Holds everything inside

  74

  You truly are what isn't born
  You need not be afraid to die
  Just live your life and know that you
  Will never lose the inner eye

  You can't control what is to be
  In using tools you don't command
  Unlike the master carpenter
  You're bound to cut your hand

  75

  The people starve when taxes take
  The bulk of what they earn
  When leaders interfere too much
  They get rebellion in return

  The people do not fear to die
  If leaders rob them of their lives
  But taking no more than you need
  You see that everybody thrives

  76

  We're soft and supple when we're born
  Hard and rigid when we die
  Living plants are pliable
  Deadwood is brittle and dry

  This way life befriends the weak
  But death draws near the strong
  The hard and stiff are bound to break
  The supple b

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