210214 What I learned in my studies this morning

Today's Tao:

A good soldier is not violent. 

A good fighter is not angry.

A good winner is not vengeful. 

A good employer is humble. 

This is known as the Virtue of not striving. 

This is known as the ability to deal with people. 

This since ancient times has been known as the ultimate unity with heaven.

From The Daily Stoic: 

 

“For to be wise is only one thing— to fix our attention on our intelligence, which guides all things everywhere.”—Heraclitus,  Quoted in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, 9.1

Prometheus. Forethought. Choosing my life according to my intellect rather than my emotions, sensations, hormones, or neuroses. 

Definitely something to work on.... 

From Eric Hoffer, Part III, Unifying Agents:

The Effects of Unification 

Unity reinforces unity. The frustrated find themselves fulfilled by the mere fact that they are part of the Movement, part of the "change they want to see in the world" (though the 'change they want to see' would shift in a flash should they be excommunicated from the Movement and forced by their insecurities to seek a replacement Movement).

(The True Believer, XIV-102)