Tao Te Ching Verse 22 – Being Lived by the Tao

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span lang="EN" style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;" xml:lang="EN">When the ancient Masters said, “If you want to be given everything, give everything up,” they weren’t using empty phrases. Only in being lived by the Tao</span> <span lang="EN" style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;" xml:lang="EN">can you be truly yourself.<br /></span> <span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #202124; letter-spacing: .1pt; background: white;"> — Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching, Verse</span> <span lang="EN" style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;" xml:lang="EN">22</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span lang="EN" style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;" xml:lang="EN">We are looking forward to seeing you at an upcoming meeting!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Here is a link to an online version of the Tao Te Ching that we use in every meeting:</span> <a href= "https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; color: blue;">https://ttc.tasuki.org/display:Year:1972,1988,1996,2004/section:1</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> <span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> Join our private Facebook group and continue the conversation! Here is the link:</span> <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/TaoPodcast/"><span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'