Robyn E Lebron twentieth century, many of which are available through the Terebess Asia Online website (36) According to Goddard (Goddard and Borel n.d., Introduction), “There are three key words in the thought of Lao Tzu: Tao, Teh, and Wu Wei.” Tao is Laozi’s eternal universal principle, which “forms and conditions everything.” Although Teh is usually translated as virtue, according to Goddard, “Teh includes the meaning of vitality, of virility, of beauty and the harmony that we think of as that part of life that is abounding and joyous.” As soon as the One Tao starts manifesting as many, interactive forces work together to keep the system of the many sustained in harmony, otherwise, the system can’t be stable The appearance of multiplicity also begins another impulse: that of survival of the individual This impulse sets in motion a phenomenon by the individual body with the primary objective of its own survival, which may be in conflict with the integrity of the collective Thus, nature works on the Wu Wei The phenomenon to ensure individual survival is also the phenomenon that ensures the integrity of the collective This third expression, Wu Wei, is translated as non-action Nonaction does not imply laziness; on the contrary, it implies full involvement with humility and selflessness in action out of love of all beings, for the common good Ordinary human beings act out of self-interest for reaping the fruit of action Non-action, on the other hand, is action for love of the universe The Tao, being the common ground of all, connects us all in one family and it is the fulfillment of our lives to work for the love of all Thus, Tao not only is the eternal universal principle that formulates the cosmos and everything that exists in it, but it is also the ultimate meaning and purpose of human life Tao Te Ching has been organized in 81 small chapters divided into two parts: The first one is Tao Ching (chapters 1–37) and the second is Te Ching (chapters 38–81) Each chapter has a small number of sayings, each using only a few words For now, we will focus 86