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part of the Sacred Chao Te Ching

Chapter 71

It is wise to admit ignorance.
Those that claim to know everything will fail.
Those who are willing to accept new information
are able to adapt to whatever situation they are in.
Because they are willing to acknowledge failure,
they will not fail.

Chapter 72

When they no longer wonder
Some people get stoned & get numbed.
When there’s no one to trust,
illusions have people.

Therefore the wise man winds down,
shatters delusion & hope.
He trains without longing

& there’s always those (damn) lasers.

& there’s always those (lovely) lasers.

& there’s always those (damn) lasers.

& there’s always those (lovely) lasers.	
					
& there’s always those (damn) lasers.	
						
& there’s always those (lovely) lasers.

Chapter 73

Those who embrace Disorder will breed Order.
Those who embrace Order will breed Disorder.
Both of these ways are foolish.
Why would you embrace Illusion,
and deny one half of the Universe?

Wise spags find the patterns,
and invent new game rules
to trip up The Machine™.
They change the world,
not through Ideology,
but by finding the Hidden Middle.
They straddle the shifting line
between True and False,
and embrace the whole Universe.

Chapter 74

If you realize the only constant is change,
there is nothing left to allude to.
If death doesn’t nettle,
it just may be time to move on.

Trying to control things is stupid.  
(control freak)
just try to relax.

The answer to every question
is five tons of flax.

Chapter 75

People are not free,
because Authority gives people their Freedoms.
The people do not take it.

Authority makes myriad rules,
because people do not follow them.
That is why we are all criminals.

People do not care about responsibility,
because they gave it to Authority.
Authority does not care about people,
because they are not responsible.
Only those who accept responsibility,
and seize their freedoms,
can change their stars.

Chapter 76

We are born soft, sweet & fragile
in death we rigor morte.
In between is a wild card,
What the hell is that for?

When you see someone naked,
check to see if they’re dead.
Not dead yet?  Well then
giv’em some life.

Some say it is better
to give than it is to receive.

Chapter 77

Chaos is made up of all things.
This is why it makes no distinctions.
People are less than all things,
so they see differences and put them in boxes.

Because they are people,
They lie to themselves 
from the day they opened their eyes.

Who are freed from the chains of Illusion?
Not even the wise spags; although they try.
Therefore the wise spags create their own Illusions,
But do not admit perfect clarity.
They know better than anyone else,
the power of Illusion to blind the eye
and deafen the ear.

Chapter 78

Nothing is better
than finding a home.
Endangered however free?
Ahem er uh s’awful nice too.

So if somebody asks you
to giv’em some slack.
Do it I say.
I promise no regret.
Therefore TGRR?
in spite of his spew,
is waaay more helpful
in chasing the blues,	
sweet fairy princess.

Live within the paradox.

Chapter 79

If you do not shit your hate, you will die.
Who can live, retaining a colon full of hate?
Therefore the monkeys howl, and fling their poop.
Are you surprised the wise spags are monkeys?
They do not deny how they were born,
nor their contradictory nature.
To deny all the elements that make us human,
is worse than an impacted bowel.
The people are all monkeys,
but the wise spag admits it.

Chapter 80

In a place where information is suppressed,
and curiosity stifled,
The people will be uncaring, unwise, and not free.
They will rely on tradition as their guides;
They will not make observations;
Or try things out;
Or experiment; 
Or play.
They will be suspicious of outsiders
just as they are with new ideas.
Their minds will be as stagnant
as the pond where they dump their garbage.
They are surely as dead as they can be,
Though they still draw breath.

Chapter 81

We’re part of the problem,
takes one to know one, it’s true.
Rhetoric & repertoire postulated
it’s all just a ruse.

The Masters own nothing,
Chaos skillfully curled
in their heads,
they give without taking
& put you to bed.

Chaos embraces & caresses
as you no doubt recall.