Rich is Nothing More Than Knowing Contentment

Carl

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This might be fun~


--- This is Real not some stinking poem from 3rd Century BC ---

Don't follow the world, but be ready when it does (and trust me it does come to you! sometimes 1000 fold!)


Happy new year and Kudos for everyone!

Carl

Or, [chref=33]he who knows contentment is rich[/chref]. Feeling content is a key issue in the Tao Te Ching. It is interesting, perhaps even illuminating, to consider what being content means. I find that the Chinese characters are unique in their ability to convey meaning. The Chinese word for content is:

知足 zhizu = be content with one's lot.

Breaking this down further give us this:

知 zhi = know; realize; be aware of
足 zu = foot; leg; sufficient; enough; full

‘Know enough’; it is so simple, and yet...

One of the more ironic aspects of Taoism, or any other path, is that we are always able to ‘[chref=71]think[/chref]’ more than we are able to ‘[chref=32]know[/chref]’. To simply ‘know enough’, rather than continually seeking more and more in our wish to ‘know enough’ would resolve 99.99% of our life’s angst.