Tao Te Ching

The general point made by Lao Tzu in his work Tao Te Ching is that there is a state of mind, and specific ways that you can gain more integrity. More specifically, Tzu suggests that your identity can become one with the “the Great Integrity.” He writes, “But when the universe becomes your self, when you love the world as yourself, all reality becomes your haven, reinventing you as your own heaven…for you will be not you but she (the universe) and both—the universal Great Integrity.” (pg 167) In this passage, Tzu is suggesting that we should love the world as ourselves and then reality will become where we want to be, and as he describes, “your haven.” In conclusion, it is Tzu’s belief that people need more wisdom about the world they live in. Obviously he knows what should be known to make your life better and more fulfilling.

In my view, Tzu is right because all of these strait forward yet philosophical analogies really are ways of forward thinking. It is all based on positive values and ways of life in many different situations. For example, the concept of Tao is “often translated as ‘the Way’” and also translated as “the Great Integrity.” Although Tzu might object that many people may not understand his analogies if he wrote them just in regular paragraph form. But because of the way they are written through balance of words, I believe that they are easier to understand the way they are. I maintain that his sayings through rhyme and rhythm connect to people more that just words. Therefore, I conclude that these writings would reach to people and inspire them to have more integrity.