Illuminations of the Tao Te ChingThe Tao Te Ching can be useful to everyone, and reading it can be enlightening. Reading the Tao can give good insight into the challenges and dangers humans face in this world, how a person should live their life, the dangers of a powerful ruler, how the state should govern, how citizens should serve the state, and how citizens should serve the state. messages or warnings for us today. Humanity tends to be self-conscious, greedy, and materialistic, and human history shows this to be the case in all societies. Even in China, they suffer from the selfish aspects of humans. The Tao states on page 9: “Pursue money and security/and your heart will never loosen.” » It is natural for people to want things, but the Tao says that chasing money is the danger. In our society, this materialistic attitude is evident, because when people buy expensive things that they cannot afford, they immediately say: "Charge it!" » If the Tao were written today, it would say: "Credit cards are for those who chase money/their wallets will never be lost »....