Nungali

No ... because I observe that in nature ( with other animals ) .. ie. it is part of the natural world

Nah ... that process only applies to Chinese

'' Virtue focuses on character traits and excellence (like courage, kindness), aiming for flourishing, while morality is a broader system of right vs. wrong judgments, often rooted in societal or personal rules; morality dictates what is right, whereas virtue is the habitual disposition to be good and act rightly, going beyond mere rule-following to embody moral excellence. Think of morality as the rules, and virtue as the developed character that naturally lives by those rules and strives for higher ideals. '' In ancient Greek, the word for virtue is Areté (ἀρετή), which means "excellence" or the "full realization of potential" in any kind of activity, not just morality; it signifies being the best you can be, whether that's physical prowess, wisdom, or moral goodness, leading to a flourishing life ... '' ... wait for it .... '' (eudaimonia). While it encompasses moral virtue, Areté is a broader concept of functional excellence, describing the peak quality of a person or thing ... '' .

' ... and from many sources we gather and weave all the colored threads to weave a tapestry of our own understanding ' .

The modern English meaning of virtue or the ancient Greek meaning of virtue ?

Well, that makes sense as the sky is always falling but heaven is not .

Errrmmmm ... yes you are ( you just dont realize it )

NOOOOOOOOOOOO ! - Old daobums joke

Thats what the Chinese guy in the restaurant toilet claimed to my friend in China as he offered him some pills ! ''Make wife very happy '' . So my friend foolishly bought them and bought them back to Australia . He tried some before going to bed with his wife . he noticed the effect ... but his wife didnt . ''It looks longer to me .'' he said . ''Not to me ... '' she said , '' You are imagining things .'' So he went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror ...it looked longer - to him ! But then as he looked around .... the curtains looked longer .... the towels on the towel rack looked longer .... his face looked longer .... Moral .... dont buy dodgy 'sex pills' in a Chinese restaurant toilet !

Touche ! Have you got it figured out ? That ^ looks like you were asking me if you are right about thinking I understand the meaning of Ch 1 . Ummmmm ...... yes . .

hang on ! How did 'groping' get into it ?

Nature is the 10,000 things including you ! Now we get to the next bit ... what is your true nature ? I contend that if one is following their khvarenah or 'True Will' they are living in harmony with their true nature and nature itself . If one's True Will is to be an artists but instead you find yourself an unhappy factory worker (or anything else ) then that is against your nature and nature . Then again we could propose that anything a human does that no other animal does , is against nature .

Lao was 'bothered ' by a bird ? You better put that one in square brackets !

My take ( at the moment ... which may change 'as I go along ' ) is ; Heaven and Earth ' signify the primal 'division' from the one - giving us the three . These three ( the one itself and its expression in 2 ) are like the supernal triad and above the 'abyss' (of comprehension ) - hence 'invisible ' . 3. Invisible, was a name given to Tao at the origin of sky and earth. But after that , below the abyss , in to manifestation ( of the 10,000 things ) we can see in nature this 'signature ' ( TTC Ch 42, line 5 ) 4. Visible, was a name given to Tao as the mother of all things. Ie . we can see (identify ) the 'cause' ( the mother ) after creation , in the creation .