Tao Te Ching 9 (Second Paragraph)
Gold and jade fill up the room
No one is able to protect them
Wealth and position bring
arrogance
And leave disaster upon oneself
Today I will
interpret the Tao Te Ching 9 (Second Paragraph. “Gold and jade fill up the
room, no one is able to protect them”. It means that when a place is full of
wealth and money or so much richness, there is no one will be able to protect
them. Because even how much you will protect or care for your wealth, there
will be many people that will act to get it from you and it just mean that when
having so much wealth, you will never able to protect it and it will actually
put you in danger or harm.
“Wealth and
position bring arrogance, and leave disaster upon oneself”. This statement means
that when you have so much wealth, it will bring arrogance or make you arrogant
and being arrogant will bring harm upon oneself. For example, politicians who
acquired so much wealth through their terms. Politicians because arrogant and don’t
notice that they have stooped down to someone or hurt someone and it makes them
bad and out of control and when you have stooped down to someone, you will have
so many enemy and cannot live a simple and peaceful life. Therefore, having so
much in this world is harmful or can cause harm.
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