This is from Dao De Jing, verse 47, about the definition of understanding or how to understand something, I did not not understand it. People have different translations of Dao De Jing:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
http://www.thebigview.com/tao-te-ching/chapter47.html
http://www.san.beck.org/Laotzu.html#47
Without going outside = The whole world is within us that means if you can understand your body and mind you can understand any thing.
you can know the ways of the world = As the world is within you, one can analysis the joy and sorrow of any person because if man/women is happy they laugh and if the are in grief they cry that means the same way you do.
Without looking through the window = if one can look his way of life how hard he learns to earn he can understand the pain when the hard earned is wasted/misused he need not look for an example
you can see the way of heaven = the ways of heaven is your enjoyment, the practice with its feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeling of enjoyment.
The farther you go the less you know = if you unnecessary falls in to the things which are not your subject matter you may confuse yourself.
Therefore, the True Person arrives without traveling perceives without looking, and acts without striving = if one can understand his inner-self, he can understand the nature and he need not go out for search of examples which could motivate him , instead if understood he remains as an example for others.
One more explanation by him:
(Without going outside you can know the ways of the world)
CTFS creative thinking can teach you the most forgotten ancient martial arts with your own natural body movements.
(Without looking through the window(Here Window is World) you can see the way of heaven(here heaven is happiness). The farther you go the less you know -- Here you are refining the Art
Instead of looking for a great martial artist, find it in your self, wasting time in learning all martial arts, instead create your own, then you can see popularity/fame/reputation( Here heaven indicates joy/happiness etc. The farther you go the less you know that means for a new attack created by you defense is generated automatically, in long run your 1000 unpractical techniques converts into 10 most powerful techniques of world, The farther you go the less you know that means you are removing impurities from your style and making it a pure gold.
(Therefore, the True Person arrives without traveling, perceives without looking, and acts without striving)
When he finds his own techniques according to his body, why there is a need to learn karate , kung fu, judo etc.., the traveling ends automatically and he perceives his own art without looking and doing hard work in the existed martial arts.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
http://www.thebigview.com/tao-te-ching/chapter47.html
http://www.san.beck.org/Laotzu.html#47
I wonder what is the meaning of this verse, can someone explain. Here is what I got from my master:
Without going outside = The whole world is within us that means if you can understand your body and mind you can understand any thing.
you can know the ways of the world = As the world is within you, one can analysis the joy and sorrow of any person because if man/women is happy they laugh and if the are in grief they cry that means the same way you do.
Without looking through the window = if one can look his way of life how hard he learns to earn he can understand the pain when the hard earned is wasted/misused he need not look for an example
you can see the way of heaven = the ways of heaven is your enjoyment, the practice with its feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeling of enjoyment.
The farther you go the less you know = if you unnecessary falls in to the things which are not your subject matter you may confuse yourself.
Therefore, the True Person arrives without traveling perceives without looking, and acts without striving = if one can understand his inner-self, he can understand the nature and he need not go out for search of examples which could motivate him , instead if understood he remains as an example for others.
One more explanation by him:
(Without going outside you can know the ways of the world)
CTFS creative thinking can teach you the most forgotten ancient martial arts with your own natural body movements.
(Without looking through the window(Here Window is World) you can see the way of heaven(here heaven is happiness). The farther you go the less you know -- Here you are refining the Art
Instead of looking for a great martial artist, find it in your self, wasting time in learning all martial arts, instead create your own, then you can see popularity/fame/reputation( Here heaven indicates joy/happiness etc. The farther you go the less you know that means for a new attack created by you defense is generated automatically, in long run your 1000 unpractical techniques converts into 10 most powerful techniques of world, The farther you go the less you know that means you are removing impurities from your style and making it a pure gold.
(Therefore, the True Person arrives without traveling, perceives without looking, and acts without striving)
When he finds his own techniques according to his body, why there is a need to learn karate , kung fu, judo etc.., the traveling ends automatically and he perceives his own art without looking and doing hard work in the existed martial arts.
