I packed some small books but decided to leave them at home last moment when I took out everything that wasn’t indispensable. Books are indispensable but I figured I would find some on the road and I did on the second day of my walk. The supermarket in el Papol had free books and the Tao Te Ching (Tao Te King in Spanish) with a recommendation by Thomas Merton on the back seemed to be the perfect companion for the coming weeks. I decided to open it randomly every morning and read one of the 81 parts. The first one was number 26:
Heaviness is the root of lightness.
Serenity is the master of restlessness.
Therefore, the Sage, travelling all day,
Does not part with the baggage-wagon;
Though there may be gorgeous sights to see,
He stays at ease in his own home.
Why should a lord of ten thousand chariots
Display his lightness to the world?
To be light is to be separated from one's root;
To be restless is to lose one's self-mastery.
Today number 17, about the best leaders. I just read in the newspaper: Spain’s election is a key battle in the Europe-wide struggle against neofascism: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/14/spain-election-europe-neo-fascism-vox-germany-finland
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