RARITY VALUE
True gold is neither real, nor solid;
yet abounds in greater riches.No-one can own it.
Everyone can enjoy it.Tao is not rare: it is all around.
Anyone who looks can see it!
Tao is not faraway: it is ever within.
Anyone who seeks can find it!
Hold onto the Way.
Its value never falls.
Tao's perspective on
wealth and enrichment is towards achieving and maintaining a
balance between material and spiritual prosperity.
Ideally
neither should be neglected, nor become
over-emphasised - whether in an individual's life,
an organisation, or even a civilisation.
In
reality, a 'golden age' never seems to last for
very long! New ideas, technologies or aspirations,
arise to disturb the existing order.
Amidst uncertainty and confusion, Taoism offers an
enduring and unpolarised approach towards shaping
and guiding progress.
