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Perspective on Stanford v. Roche

Lao-Tsu writes:[1]

“have and have not create each other

Hard and easy produce each other

Long and short shape each other

High and low complete each other

note and noise accompany each other

first and last follow each other

sages therefore perform effortless deeds

and teach wordless lessons

they don’t look after all the things that arise

or depend on them as they develop

or claim them when they reach perfection

and because they don’t claim them

they are never without them

The student comments

The idea expressed

Is not anyone's idea

That which is not anyone's

Can birth what is someone's

When the idea is someone's

It is ready for commerce

The sage’s idea is anyone’s

Which is why

There are so few sages now

Phyl Speser, June 9, 2011