Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu

           Taoism is different than Buddhism because it is about complete balance in all things. Over eating is extremely bad for your body but so is under eating. Overpraising someone can lead to pride, but under praising a person’s talents can make them feel unappreciated. Opposition is key to understanding; we know beauty because there is ugly. Everything has to have a counterpart like fast and slow to understand what both fast and slow truly mean. Taoism is living in complete balance. Don’t create what you won’t use, don’t desire something and then fill that craving excessively, and don’t say what doesn’t need to be said; the wise are heard through their silence. Live in balance, yin and yang.
          “Overpraising the gifted leads to contentiousness. Overvaluing the precious invites stealing. Craving the desirable loses contentment.”

          “We chisel doors and windows to construct a room, yet it’s the inner space that makes it livable. Thus do we create what is to use what is not?”
           I like both of these verses from Taoism because I feel like we are a wasteful people who always want and want and want. The teachings from Taoism teach to not over do or over use things. Too much of a good thing leads to a bad thing is what these versus are saying and I totally agree. Under doing or under using something is bad too but in the world now a days I feel like over consumption is more of the problem. Taoism teaches pure and true balance which is the best route.