by Michael Cotugno | Jan 30, 2015 | The Tao of Divorce Blog
The Nineteenth Verse of the Tao Te Ching Give up sainthood, renounce wisdom, and it will be a hundred times better for everyone. Throw away morality and justice and people will do the right thing. Throw away industry and profit and there will be no thieves. All of...
by Michael Cotugno | Dec 29, 2014 | The Tao of Divorce Blog
Eighteenth Verse of the Tao Te Ching: When the greatness of the Tao is present, action arises from one’s own heart. When the greatness of the Tao is absent, action comes from the rules of “kindness and justice.” If you need rules to be kind and just, if you act...
by Michael Cotugno | Mar 10, 2014 | The Tao of Divorce Blog
Fourteenth Verse of the Tao Te Ching: That which cannot be seen is called invisible. That which cannot be heard is called inaudible. That which cannot be held is called intangible. These three cannot be defined; therefore, they are merged as one. Each of these three...
by Michael Cotugno | Mar 1, 2014 | The Tao of Divorce Blog
Thirteenth Verse of the Tao Te Ching: Favor and disgrace seem alarming. High status greatly afflicts your person. Why are favor and disgrace alarming? Seeking favor is degrading: alarming when it is gotten, alarming when it is lost. Why does high status greatly...
by Michael Cotugno | Jan 22, 2014 | The Tao of Divorce Blog
Eleventh Verse of the Tao Te Ching: Thirty spokes converge upon a single hub; it is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges. Shape clay into a vessel; it is the space within that makes it useful. Carve fine doors and windows, but the room is useful...