The Link

Already another book. We're now onto the Tao Te Ching. I was glad because The Analects were really giving me a run for my money. Then I started reading and I was like "Oh, great. Another complicated book." I've realized that no matter how much I don't want to read anything that only has to do with meanings that it will never happen. I will forever be stuck reading books I've never heard of. Whatever happened to Pride and Prejudice, The Scarlett Letter, and stuff like that?

So anyways, I will say that the Tao is at least more poetic sounding. It sounds kind of nice if you read it out loud. But it doesn't change the fact too that it is impossible to understand. At least for the likes of me.

I found this one phrase, "The valley spirit never dies; It is the woman, primal mother. Her gateway is the root of heaven and earth. It is like a veil barely seen. Use it; it will never fail." (Tao Te Ching ll six)

This one is very deep and seems to have something to do with nature and life. I think. So why am I thinking of vampires?

Because I will tell you, this has nothing to do with vampires. I must simply be going crazy. The word "veil" is what I think got me thinking about the mythical creatures in the first place. Or maybe it's the fact that all that reading too many books has its effects.

Now I'm straying.

So deciphering this, I came up with is that it's talking about mothers and on how they have the power to give life but the life comes from heaven above and is linked to the mothers on earth. The connection between the two places is almost like a thread or invisible. The mother has the thread running through her. She's the middle point.

For the part where it says, "The valley spirit never dies" is simply talking about, uh, sorry I'm stumped. Perhaps it means the power to give birth never dies? Nature never dies? Grass never dies? I don't get it!

This has got to be the worst interpretation ever.