When a country obtains great power,

it becomes like the sea:

all streams run downward into it.

The more powerful it grows,

the greater the need for humility.

Humility means trusting the Tao,

thus never needing to be defensive.

 

A great nation is like a great man:

When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.

Having realized it, he admits it.

Having admitted it, he corrects it.

He considers those who point out his faults

as his most benevolent teachers.

He thinks of his enemy

as the shadow that he himself casts.

 

If a nation is centered in the Tao,

if it nourishes its own people

and doesn't meddle in the affairs of others,

it will be a light to all nations in the world.

 

 

Lao Tzu - (Tao Te Ching, chapter 61, translation by Stephen Mitchell)

 

Like as all streams run into the sea, if you entrust yourself to the flow of light leading to the divine world, you will be led to the divine world, the mother of light.

It is like the energy of Yin and Yang, never use the powerful and offensive movement of Yang, but leave yourself to the humility and defensive energy of Yin.

By becoming humility, necessary movements will come out and you can keep yourself in moderation.

By becoming powerful, you lose humility and break the balance of moderate.

Without being dominated by strong black, without taking in weak black, just choose light in moderation.

It creates the flow of light and leads your soul to growth.

 

MYE