The new disciple is excited when he’s seeing the Master for the first time. He jumps at the opportunity and curiously asks, “How do you practice Tao, Sir?”
“When you are hungry, eat,” thoughtfully the master says, “When you are tired, sleep.”
The answer is astonishingly simple to the disciple, as he is expecting something sagacious. “Isn’t that what everyone does anyway, Sir?”
“No,” says the Master matter-of-factly, “Most people feed themselves with thousands of desires when they eat; and dream of thousands of designs when they sleep.”
Pondering deep. The disciple nods his head and is happy with the new insight.
“Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity.
Put others first.
Desire little.”Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching 19
