Verse 27
The straight tree becomes lumber. The crooked tree becomes a landmark.
The straight tree becomes lumber. The crooked tree becomes a landmark.
Do not therefore cultivate crookedness. Intentional weirdness is merely conformity facing backward.
Uranus does not roll sideways to make a statement.
The sage who performs eccentricity has chosen society as an audience and is still bound to society.
Freedom does not require applause from the normal or the strange.
A cup upside down cannot hold tea. A cat upside down can still bite you.
Function is local; essence is not a posture.
The disciple painted his door blue and called himself liberated. The master asked who selected the shade.
He said, I did. The master asked who is I. The renovation stopped for three years.
Do not confuse disruption with awakening. Thunder wakes sleepers and enlightens very few.
The old path may be false. The new path may be false with better typography.
Walk until paths become useful rather than sacred.
Then even the sideways planet is simply turning.