Knock Out

Tao Te Ching Chapter 48-83

K.O for Confucius. After a long fight between better ideas (and some boxing and fighting meanwhile) with his last source of energy, Tao makes a quick move, avoiding Confucius direct blow. Tao ducks and with all his might, he punches Confucius right on the face. Stumbling backwards the opponent goes. And there he goes directly to the floor. 10,9,8...5,4,3,2,1 Knock Out! We have a new winner, Tao.

Even so, Tao and Confucius had some similar key words. For example, VIRTUE, is the source of everything. " This is known as the Virtue of not striving". (74 pg.76) Many other words were referred such as Filial, and Goodness. Apparently, being a good son and having a good father-son relationship is of extreme importance.

Tao' teaching's really impacted me. They were clearer, and in some way, I liked it best. I think Tao focuses more on the realistic world. What it says is real, it happens and I see it all the time each day. "Happiness is rooted in misery. Misery lurks beneath happiness. Who knows what the future holds? There is no honesty. Honesty becomes dishonest. Goodness becomes witchcraft. Man's bewitchment lasts for a long time". (58 pg.60) There is no real honesty. No one can say they are an honest person. There is no such thing as that! Everyone, EVERYONE lies. Nobody says the truth. Our world is a huge hole of misery. No one will ever be happy, never. It is a cycle, someone is sad, someone tries to cheer it up, then they end up sad, or say some kind of lies to cheer the person up. Anyways, it doesn't work. Us, humans are evil! EVIL,EVIL. Evil is backwards to LIVE. We LIVE by EVIL.