Tao Te Ching 1-12: The Way Of The Tao

The way of the Tao is a combination of rules and conducts that lead you to the true way of the Tao. The Tao teaches us to use but not to use all. “The Tao is an empty vessel; it is used but never filled.”ch4 What I think that the Tao way is trying to tell us is to be able to use something without getting obsessed or depend on it. For example if you eat a hot dog and like it a lot and start eating it everyday you will eventually get bored of it. Another concept that the Tao expressed is the fact that all living things will eventually die. “Heaven and earth last forever. Why do they last forever? They are unborn.” Ch7 What I got from this maxim was that everything that lives will eventually die so all living things on earth have a beginning and an end. The chapter that I most liked was chapter eight. Chapter eight told us how to follow the way of the Tao. “In ruling, be just” ch8 this is one of the basic rules of all civilizations and religions to be just and fair. I think that today some people are treated unequally, but before there were many more injustices like slavery or sexism. The way of the Tao has simple rules like the ones mentioned in all religions and civilizations, but I think the Tao way emphasizes in the point that do not over use. The Tao says only to use what you need “Claim wealth and titles, and disaster will follow. Retire when the work is done. This is the way of heaven.”Ch9 I really agree with the concept of retire when the work is done. One movie that reminds me of this is Hannibal. In this movie the main character kills all the people that killed her sister, but after this he goes on killing people. First I do not agree with him killing the persons, but it can be seen as eye for eye, tooth for tooth. But when he starts killing people that have nothing to do with what they did to her sister is now going off the job.