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 | Sep 22, 2014 | The Tao of Divorce Blog
Seventeenth Verse of the Tao Te Ching: With the greatest leader above them, people barely know one exists. Next comes one whom they love and praise. Next comes one whom the fear. Next comes one whom they despise and defy. When a leader trusts no one, no one trusts...
by Michael Cotugno | Jul 2, 2014 | The Tao of Divorce Blog
Sixteenth Verse of the Tao Te Ching: Become totally empty. Let your heart be at peace. Amidst the rush of worldly comings and goings, observe how endings become beginnings. Things flourish, each by each, only to return to the Source… to what is and what is to...
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...