Primal Union

 

 

 

 

 

"Sarnath"

Nikon D5500
35.0mm @ f 1.8
LightRoom

FIFTY SIX   Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know. Keep your mouth closed. Guard your senses. Temper your sharpness. Simplify your problems. Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union. He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man. Tao Te Ching Gia Fu Feng Translation The Tao Te Ching helped me more than any other book to survive the sharp corners, sharper elbows, and the unremitting, bloodless grind of the software industry.    This particular chapter was extremely helpful in dealing with the scores of blowhards that populated the upper technical and managerial ranks at the Joe Big Ass Corp. Now that I have been disposed of, I still find its advice compelling - especially the bit about keeping my mouth shut and tempering my sharpness.

~