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with the Tao and we do not need what we currently do not have (as
a student of the Tao Te Ching might put it).
This Christian edition of the Tao Te Ching is like a road
map helping us realize we are Built For Greatness. On this path,
“greatness” isn’t about putting forth maximum effort to achieve
fame, financial success or other such trappings that the world
commonly venerates. Rather, as mentioned above, Built For
Greatness is about finding, orienting yourself toward and then
following the flow of energy and God’s Spirit in your life, trusting it
both to guide your actions and to amplify your efforts to achieve
your best possible life. This might include wealth and other material
blessings; or it might not. Everyone’s path is different. The key is to
find your journey and follow it, trusting it to take you where it will. If
you take care of the journey, the destination will take care of itself.

Why the Tao Te Ching?

The title of the Tao Te Ching can be translated “Book of
the Tao and Virtue,” “Book of the Way and Its Virtue” or “The Way
and the Power.” According to tradition, it was written by a sage
named Lao Tzu (or Old Master), who was a renowned scholar and
a record-keeper at the royal court of China’s Zhou Dynasty during
the 6th century BCE.
In today’s religious forms of Taoism, some revere Lao Tzu
as a divine being, while others argue that he is strictly a mythical
figure. Scholars still debate the text’s true authorship, with many
contending that “Lao Tzu” was actually a collection of various
authors. But the debate over the Tao Te Ching’s authorship does
not diminish its power and insight. Its 81 brief chapters consist of
short poems, which range from political wisdom for kings and