Yes, we are all one. That is a hard reality to know and accept as a truth of life when all about us are divisions and opposition.
The Tao sage looks with contempt upon those who set themselves above others, boast or display arrogance. To the Tao sage they are like tumors, useless and without merit. They do not last, for standing on tip toes is not a posture that can be long maintained.
Yet, my own thinking seeks to understand the arrogant, boastful and egotistical. They are more to be pitied than held in contempt, more in need of compassion than disdain. What person has a need to boast? A person who is insecure within themselves, a person who has a need for other's approval or a person who needs to be seen better than everyone else because they think themselves too lowly.
To the Tao we are all one, equally loved, equally cherished. I can understand the mindset 2,500 years ago when the Tao Te Ching was conceived, but I believe mankind has evolved and we can all live as one: members of the human family.
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