Chapter 2
Te Mātātoa a Te Ao Katoa
Taketake
故有无相生，难易相成，长短相较，高下相倾，音声相和，前后相随。
是以圣人处无为之事，行不言之教；万物作焉而不辞，生而不有，为而不恃，功成而弗居。夫唯弗居，是以不去。
Whakamaoritanga
Nō reira, he pūtaketanga te kore me te tū, he hanganga te uha me te ngāwari, he tāpiritanga te roa me te poto, he tauhere tei runga me te i raro, he tauritenga te oro me te tīrama, he tūāpapa te mua me te whakamuri.
Nō reira, ko te tangata matau, ka mahi ia i ngā mea kāore i mahia, ka whakaako ia i ngā mea kāore i kōrerohia; ka tū ngā mea katoa i a ia, kāhore ia i kī ake, ka puta, kāhore ia i mau, ka mahi, kāhore ia i here, ka tae ki te mutunga, kāhore ia i noho. Nā te mea kāhore ia i noho, nō reira, kāhore ia e neke.
Ka taea e te tangata ngā mea katoa te mahi, engari kāhore ia e pūrongo. Ka puta hei ao, engari kāhore ia e whakahī. Ka whakaatu i te huarahi, engari kāhore ia e tohu i a ia anō. Ko te hunga kāhore i kōrero, ko rātou anake te hunga e mau ai te mātauranga.
Whakaaroaro Hōhonu
He aha tēnei upoko mō?
He pūrākau tēnei mō te āhua o te ao, arā, ka mōhiotia ngā mea pai i te wā ka kitea ngā mea kino. Ka puta ngā tāpiritanga i ngā wāhī pūtaketanga - pērā i te roa me te poto, te teitei me te hāro. He mea nui kia mōhio tātou, kāore he mea e tū motuhake ana, engari ka tauwharawhara ngā mea katoa ki a ia anō. He mārama hoki te pūrākau mō te tangata matau, arā, ka mahi ia i ngā mea kāore i mahia, ka whakaako ia i ngā mea kāore i kōrerohia. Ka puta ngā mea katoa i a ia, engari kāhore ia e pōuri.
He aha tēnei ki ahau?
I ōku ao, kei te nui aku mahi ki te whakataurite, ki te whakatau hoki i ngā mea e puta ana. Kei te pīrangi ahau kia whai tikanga ngā mea katoa, engari kei te ako ahau, he nui ngā mea e tino kitea ana mā te wāhi kē. Kei te hiahia ahau kia noho pūmau, kia mahi i ōku mahi, engari kāhore i te ngākau ki te whakanui ake i a ahau anō. Kei te rapu ahau i te huarahi kia noho hē me te hunga o tōku ao, kia mōhio ahau ki ō rātou momo kōrero, ō rātou wheako, ō rātou tūranga.
He aha tāku mahi āpōpō?
I tēnei rā, kei te titiro ahau ki ngā mea e rapu ana ahau, e kī ana rānei ahau he 'pai' rānei tērā mea. Ka titiro ahau ki ōku taiao, ki ngā tāngata e noho ana, ka kimihia ngā mea e kitea ai ngā tāpiritanga, ngā wāhanga e noho pūtaketanga ana. Ka mahi ahau i ōku mahi, engari kāhore ahau e pūrongo mō ōku mahi. Ka noho ahau me te hunga o tōku ao, ka ako i a rātou, engari kāhore ahau e whakatū ake i a ahau.
Wāhanga Honohono
Ōku Huritao
He aha tēnei wāhanga e whakaoho i a koe? Ka pēhea koe e whakamahi ai?