{"id":5660,"date":"2024-05-24T03:09:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T11:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/breathingspace\/?p=5660"},"modified":"2024-05-19T08:27:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T16:27:14","slug":"jesus-lao-tzu-and-bruce-lee-be-water-my-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/breathingspace\/2024\/05\/jesus-lao-tzu-and-bruce-lee-be-water-my-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus, Lao Tzu, and Bruce Lee: \u201cBe Water, My Friend\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
Are you involved in sports, business, or other forms of competition? Jesus and Lao Tzu show how you can win by non-competition.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>The famous martial artist Bruce Lee<\/a><\/span>, actor onscreen and instructor offscreen, knew something about winning.<\/strong> He did so with ease, but not by forcing his way like an iron weapon. Instead, he encouraged people to become like water. \u201cEmpty your mind,\u201d he said. \u201cBe formless, shapeless, like water. You put water into a cup; it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.\u201d Lee got this idea from Lao Tzu\u2019s Tao Te Ching. The eighth verse of the Tao Te Ching explores this non-competition of water.<\/p>\n
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Tao Te Ching, Verse 8, J.H. McDonald Translation<\/h2>\n "
The supreme good is like water,<\/p>\n****
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which benefits all of creation<\/p>\n
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without trying to compete with it.<\/p>\n
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It gathers in unpopular places.<\/p>\n
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Thus it is like the Tao.<\/p>\n
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The location makes the dwelling good.<\/p>\n
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Depth of understanding makes the mind good.<\/p>\n
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A kind heart makes the giving good.<\/p>\n
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Integrity makes the government good.<\/p>\n
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Accomplishment makes your labors good.<\/p>\n
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Proper timing makes a decision good.<\/p>\n
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Only when there is no competition<\/p>\n
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will we all live in peace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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The Tao as Water in the Bible<\/h2>\n
The beginning and ending of the Bible both portray the Tao as water. <\/strong>The book of Genesis<\/a><\/span> begins with the waters of chaos covering everything. Once the waters and land separate and the Garden forms, we hear the trickling of water running through Eden, dividing into four branches<\/a><\/span>. These waters give life to the garden.<\/p>\n
The book of Revelation ends with a river of life<\/a><\/span>, gushing from beneath the throne of God, enlivening the new heavens and new earth.<\/strong> This life-giving flow renews the vitality lost by this once-despoiled garden. The Supreme Good cascades down its watercourse, touching everything in need of refreshing streams.<\/p>\n
Quintessential Yin shows itself as the procreative waters of Genesis\u2014dark, pregnant, and brooding.\u00a0 The regenerative rivers of Revelation depict the archetype of Yang, flowing and purposeful. Both are creative but in different ways.\u00a0 <\/strong>The Genesis waters teem with the germ of creation, reaching back to primordial time and bringing to life that which has never existed.\u00a0 The Revelation waters nourish and heal that which already is, and that which endures to the end.\u00a0 These swirling Yin-Yang waters represent the supreme element of all creation.\u00a0 They are the Tao.<\/p>\n
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The Tao in Unpopular Places<\/h2>\n
Lao Tzu states that the Tao benefits all creation.<\/strong> Just as Jesus says that God causes the rain to fall on the righteous and the wicked alike<\/a><\/span>, the Tao does not discriminate. It nourishes all life\u2014predators and prey, strong and weak, helpful and helpless. This Tao gathers in the unpopular, lowly places\u2014locales that might surprise religious people. Jesus demonstrates this by his frequent appearance in the homes of outcasts, sinners, and lepers. Water flows downhill to the lowest places. So, the Tao blesses the great and lowly alike, without competition.<\/p>\n
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Winning Through Non-Competition<\/h2>\n********
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In Kung Fu, \u201cbeing water\u201d means slipping into the places your opponent leaves open. <\/strong>It means flowing around the other person, swirling like an eddy and still maintaining balance. Lao Tzu inspired Bruce Lee\u2019s statement about water. Taoism continues to influence martial arts with Lao Tzu\u2019s words, \u201cThe location makes the dwelling good. Depth of understanding makes the mind good. A kind heart makes the giving good. Integrity makes the government good. Accomplishment makes your labors good. Proper timing makes a decision good.\u201d This applies to martial arts in its encouragement of non-competition.<\/p>\n
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Dwellings are only good when there is no competition between neighbors.<\/strong> Set up your home next to someone contentious and the result is bound to be strife. The mind is only good when there is depth of understanding. Rivalry always obscures achievement. Giving is beneficial only when done with the right motives, with nothing to prove. Government is good only when integrity (not disintegration) is the primary motivator. Labor is only good when workers strive for mutual accomplishment instead of one-upmanship. Decisions are only good when they are made in the proper timing\u2014unhurried by competition.<\/p>\n
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********Each of these examples depicts a winning dwelling, mind, generosity, government, labor, and decision.<\/strong> They do not achieve by competing with others. They achieve by being at the right place at the right time. Like water, they slip into openings and fill empty spaces. The right thought at the right time, the right generous act at the right time, the right work at the right time\u2014this, and not competition, is what brings about success.<\/p>\n
<\/h2>\nNoble Eight-Fold Path<\/h2>\n
Here, we might borrow from the Buddhist<\/a> Noble Eightfold Path<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong> This is unlike the Ten Commandments, eight out of ten of which are instructions of what not to do. Instead, the Noble Eightfold Path suggests the best eight things to do, if you want to walk the Middle Way of moderation. Sojourners on this path must practice:<\/p>\n
\nRight view<\/li>\nRight resolve<\/li>\nRight speech<\/li>\nRight conduct or action<\/li>\nRight livelihood<\/li>\nRight effort<\/li>\nRight mindfulness<\/li>\nRight concentration<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n************
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Rather than focusing on the negative, Jesus walked a Middle Way of righteousness.<\/strong> His Way wasn\u2019t based on abstention from breaking the Ten Commandments. Instead, Jesus\u2019s Way focused on loving God and loving others. By doing this, he fulfilled the whole law. Jesus\u2019s right view, resolve, speech, conduct, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration separated him from the religious teachers of his day. He \u201cwon,\u201d you might say, not because of his forcefulness but because, like water, he simply flowed. Jesus \u201cwon\u201d because he refused to compete.<\/p>\n
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Peace Through Non-Competition<\/h2>\n**************
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**************Bruce Lee \u201cwon\u201d at his discipline because he refused to compete. <\/strong>He became famous not because he was a competitor, but because he performed well and instructed others. In the same way, you can \u201cwin\u201d by refusing to compete. You can be like Jesus, the Living Water, by seeking the lowest level, being found in humble places, and flowing in the Tao.<\/p>\n
Lao Tzu says, \u201cOnly when there is no competition will we all live in peace.\u201d<\/strong> Competition is contrary to the Way of Christ. The Tao, like water, is the great leveler. Jesus\u2019s brother James says, \u201cIf any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you<\/a><\/span>.\u201d Wisdom flows from God, generously and ungrudgingly to all. There is no competition in the way that Wisdom makes itself available to everyone. There is only unity in all things. The world says that peace comes when one dominates so much that the other surrenders. The Tao of Love says that peace can only come by becoming like water and refusing to compete.<\/p>\n
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Something to Practice\u2026<\/em><\/h2>\n****************
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Whether Buddhist, Christian, Taoist or anything else, you can apply the Noble Eightfold Path to your life. In everything you do, ask yourself whether you are practicing the right view, resolve, speech, conduct\/action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. Instead of blazing your life\u2019s trail by competing with others, concentrate on becoming the best you you can be. Rather than dominating others, learn to flow. Learn to adapt. In this way, you can \u201cwin\u201d through non-competition. Be water, my friend.<\/em><\/p>\n
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For related reading, check out my other articles:<\/h3>\n\nJesus And Lao Tzu: Does God Take Sides?<\/a><\/span><\/li>\nJesus And Lao Tzu Talk About Do-Nothing Leadership<\/a><\/span><\/li>\nJesus & Lao Tzu\u2019s Judgement-Free Zone<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"*******************
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