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 | 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 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 | Feb 12, 2014 | The Tao of Divorce Blog
Twelfth Verse of the Tao Te Ching: The five colors blind the eye. The five tones deafen the ear. The five flavors dull the taste. The chase and the hunt craze people’s minds. Wasting energy to obtain rare objects only impedes one’s growth. The master observes the...
