Dis chapter show di sage as somebody who differ from ev'rybody else. While oda people chase learnin' an' worry 'bout good an' bad, di sage find peace by gi up all dat. Di sage cyan relate to all di everyday worry yet still remain still inside, like a baby or like somebody lost. Dem find strengt in simplicity when ev'rybody else get lost in di fancy t'ing.
Key Concepts
独异
愚人之心
贵食母
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 20, "Gi Up Learnin', Find Peace", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/jam/chapters/20/
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Gi up all di learnin' an' you cyan have no worry. When yuh sey 'yes' an' when yuh sey 'no', how far truly dem part? When yuh call someting good an' when yuh call it bad, how much dem really differ? What oda people fear, mi mus fear too - no can avoid dat. So vast iina all of dis, yet nuh end in sight! Ev'rybody else happy like dem at a big feast, like dem climbin up hill in spring time. But me? Mi just still like a baby who neva learn fi cry yet, like somebody who have no place fe go. Ev'rybody have more than enuff, but mi feel like mi have not'in. Me is a foolish one! Lost in di fog! Oda people sharp an' see claa, but mi go aroun like a blind one. Oda people fin' fault quick, but mi mek nuh fuss. Still like a ocean dat stretch out wide, or a wind dat neva stop blowin. Ev'rybody have dem purpose, but mi alone stubborn an' simple. Mi different from all oda, c'os mi value feedin from di source of all t'ing.
Diip Reflekshan
Wah dis chaptа bout?
Dis chapter show di sage as somebody who differ from ev'rybody else. While oda people chase learnin' an' worry 'bout good an' bad, di sage find peace by gi up all dat. Di sage cyan relate to all di everyday worry yet still remain still inside, like a baby or like somebody lost. Dem find strengt in simplicity when ev'rybody else get lost in di fancy t'ing.
How it relate to me?
Mi know dat feelin when ev'body round mi excited 'bout someting, but mi cyan find dat same joy. Sometimes mi feel like mi alone aroun, like mi see t'ings different. But dis chapter remind mi sey sometimes dat stillness an' difference iina di power - iina di bein separate from di crowd whe di truth de.
Wah mi fi do todeh?
Find one moment today to stop all di worry an' learnin'. Sit down in di quiet, like a baby still an' unknowin. Feel how di world still turn even when you no try fe figure out everyt'ing.
When we renounce learning we have no troubles. The multitude of men look satisfied and pleased; as if enjoying a full banquet, as if mounted on a tower in spring. I alone seem listless and still, my desires having as yet given no indication of their presence. I am like an infant which has not yet smiled. I alone am different from other men, but I value the nursing-mother (the Tao).
AI Modern
Gi up all di learnin' an' you cyan have no worry. When yuh sey 'yes' an' when yuh sey 'no', how far truly dem part? When yuh call someting good an' when yuh call it bad, how much dem really differ? What oda people fear, mi mus fear too - no can avoid dat. So vast iina all of dis, yet nuh end in sight! Ev'rybody else happy like dem at a big feast, like dem climbin up hill in spring time. But me? Mi just still like a baby who neva learn fi cry yet, like somebody who have no place fe go. Ev'rybody have more than enuff, but mi feel like mi have not'in. Me is a foolish one! Lost in di fog! Oda people sharp an' see claa, but mi go aroun like a blind one. Oda people fin' fault quick, but mi mek nuh fuss. Still like a ocean dat stretch out wide, or a wind dat neva stop blowin. Ev'rybody have dem purpose, but mi alone stubborn an' simple. Mi different from all oda, c'os mi value feedin from di source of all t'ing.
Mi Reflection
Wah dis chapter mek yuh feel? Wah you ago do wid it?
