Beautiful Story Shared by Mr. James Powell Today ~ KNOWLEDGE WANDERED NORTH by Chuang Tzu 莊子

Knowledge Wandered North to the banks of the Black Waters, climbed the Knoll of Hidden Heights, and there by chance came upon Do-Nothing-Say-Nothing. Knowledge said to Do-Nothing-Say-Nothing, “There are some things I’d like to ask you. What sort of pondering, what sort of cogitation does it take to know the Way? What sort of surroundings, what sort of practices does it take to find rest in the Way? What sort of path, what sort of procedure will get me to the Way?”

Three questions he asked, but Do-Nothing-Say-Nothing didn’t answer. It wasn’t that he just didn’t answer – he didn’t know how to answer!

Knowledge, failing to get any answer, returned to the White Waters of the south, climbed the summit of Dubiety Dismissed, and there caught sight of Wild-and-Witless. Knowledge put the same questions to Wild-and-Witless. “Ah – I know!” said Wild-and-Witless. “And I’m going to tell you.” But just as he was about to say something, he forgot what it was he was about to say.

Knowledge, failing to get any answer, returned to the imperial palace, where he was received in audience by the Yellow Emperor, and posed his questions. The Yellow Emperor said, “Only when there is no pondering and no cogitation will you get to know the Way. Only when you have no surroundings and follow no practices will you find rest in the Way. Only when there is no path and no procedure can you get to the Way.”

Knowledge said to the Yellow Emperor, “You and I know, but those other two that I asked didn’t know. Which of us is right, I wonder?”

The Yellow Emperor said, “Do-Nothing-Say-Nothing – he’s the one who is truly right. Wild-and-Witless appears to be so. But you and I in the end are nowhere near it. Those who know do not speak; those who speak do not know. Therefore the sage practices the teaching that has no words.1 The Way cannot be brought to light; its virtue cannot be forced to come. But benevolence – you can put that into practice; you can discourse 2 on righteousness, you can dupe one another with rites. So it is said, When the Way was lost, then there was virtue; when virtue was lost, then there was benevolence; when benevolence was lost, then there was righteousness; when righteousness was lost, then there were rites. Rites are the frills of the Way and the forerunners of disorder.3 So it is said, He who practices the Way does less every day, does less and goes on doing less, until he reaches the point where he does nothing, does nothing and yet there is nothing that is not done.” Now that we’ve already become `things,’ if we want to return again to the Root, I’m afraid we’ll have a hard time of it! The Great Man – he’s the only one who might find it easy.

“Life is the companion of death, death is the beginning of life. Who understands their workings? Man’s life is a coming-together of breath. If it comes together, there is life; if it scatters, there is death. And if life and death are companions to each other, then what is there for us to be anxious about?

“The ten thousand things are really one. We look on some as beautiful because they are rare or unearthly; we look on others as ugly because they are foul and rotten. But the foul and rotten may turn into the rare and unearthly, and the rare and unearthly may turn into the foul and rotten. So it is said, You have only to comprehend the one breath that is the world. The sage never ceases to value oneness.”

Knowledge said to the Yellow Emperor, “I asked Do-Nothing-Say-Nothing and he didn’t reply to me. It wasn’t that he merely didn’t reply to me – he didn’t know how to reply to me. I asked Wild-and-Witless and he was about to explain to me, though he didn’t explain anything. It wasn’t that he wouldn’t explain to me – but when he was about to explain, he forgot what it was. Now I have asked you and you know the answer. Why then do you say that you are nowhere near being right?”

The Yellow Emperor said, “Do-Nothing-Say-Nothing is the one who is truly right – because he doesn’t know. Wild-and-Witless appears to be so – because he forgets. But you and I in the end are nowhere near it – because we know.”

Wild-and-Witless heard of the incident and concluded that the Yellow Emperor knew what he was talking about.

Knowledge Wandered North by Chuang Tzu 莊子

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For the sake of the Weak & Helpless.....Poem by Nandini Goel

For the sake of the Weak & Helpless.....Poem by Nandini Goel

We all are a part of this ravishing world

But sometimes it seems like this world is covetous

You pretend as if you care about the world

But that's just a travesty

Whenever you see a mendicant on the road

You call him a ravenous

Not only a pauper

But even the scavenger in your house

Is treated viciously

If you treat the impoverished so wickedly

Then you should be given no mercy and courtesy

Well if god gave you prudence

And a prosperous Life

Than why are you so critic

to the Impoverished

You should be a benign

And Succor them as a fellowmate

You should use your sagacity

To be genial to others

But you beguile someone.....

Shame on you...Shame on you.....





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Wars: The Humanity’s Offender

Wars: The Humanity’s Offender………by Nandini Goel

How the World Abandoned in front of cruelty.

We never knew when we surrendered, abated and abolished humanity.

But by abrogating god’s rule we torture each other

But how’ll you abscond in front of god.

We weren’t insane

Just we chose the wrong path and lane.

Let’s not abolish the humanity.

So in future we don’t need mistakes from history..

How can we do this to ourselves?

Life should move like a peaceful caravan.

We can start a fight without any theory

When the law asks, do we have “a fortiori”?

We start a fight Ad Infinitum

When the law asks to abide

We start an argumentum

We start a war for inducement

This Infringement

Leads to losses which are inexpedient

How’ll we fulfill the losses?

It all wouldn’t have happened

If we would have calmed our horses

We are distributing violence every hour

This is giving birth to criminals and juvenile offenders

Let’s abate this horrendous hoax

Rebuilt the earth into a peaceful home

 thanks 

Nandini Goel

15th June 2012

The Village of My Dreams….by Nandini Goel

The Village of My Dreams….by Nandini Goel

The Village of my dreams is still in my mind.

There are still many nuts to grind.

This Village of mine will be spiffing. My Village’s Citizen will be smarmy. We’ll

Have to remove this skullduggery . There shouldn’t be violence in my village.

I’ll have to vapid all their slovenly thoughts. No bias on the basis of Caste System

And Untouchability. Where the people will govern themselves through their strong

“Panchayati Raj”. Where one will stand for other in times of need. No one should be

Illiterate in this village of mine. Peope in my village shall lead a peaceful and a

Healthy life. Good Education and Jobs should be the right of all. I want my village to

Be the best of all. I’ll not let my village’s citizen become spendthrift. So even if its

A famine or a flood my village will never lack funds. I’ll have to slog that is why

I’ve made this project. My village will have people of all religion and faith those who

All believe in the poem we heard during Indepedence Movement.

“Don’t Forget the days of blood” O! Friend

“ In the midst of your happiness remember to shed a tear for us”

“The Hunter has torn every sing flower”

“Do Plant a tree in desert garden” Dear Friend

“Having Fallen to bullets we slept in Jallianwallah  Bagh”

“Do light a lamp on this lovely grave” O! friend

“The blood of Hindus /Muslims/ Sikhs/Christian  and all flow together today”

“Do soak your robe in this river of blood “ Dear Friend

“Some rat in Jail while other lie in their grave”

“Do shed a few tears for them” O! Friend !!!!

This poem was sung after Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre which inspires us to live in

Unison. Although Unity between Religion can’t be found in today’s World and we

often hear the news of crusades between Hindus and Muslims.

But I want the people of my village with this religious diversity, who will live in harmony.

Thank you

Nandini Goel