The five colors blind the eye.
The five tones deafen the ear.
The five flavours dull the taste.
Racing and hunting madden the mind.
Precious things lead one astray
Therefore the sage is guided by what he feels and not by what he sees. He lets go that and choose this.
The world tells us to trust only in our senses. To believe only what we see. The Tao guides us to trust our inner knowing, our feelings, and our connection to God. It’s only be letting go of our obsessions with life – our repetitive thoughts, our constant acquisition of more things, that we can choose to life a life of central peace.
I found this on mountainvalleycenter - To “play” with these ideas further, reflect on the following questions:
1. Have you ever desired something just because someone else did, and then found that you didn’t like it?
2. Have you ever stayed awake at night thinking about what you don’t have that you want?
3. Have you ever made a judgment based upon appearance that went against your inner feeling, then found out that your inner feeling was correct in the end?
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