and is not intent upon arriving.
A good artist lets his intuition
lead him wherever it wants.
A good scientist has freed himself of concepts
and keeps his mind open to what is.

Thus the Master is available to all people
and doesn't reject anyone.
He is ready to use all situations
and doesn't waste anything.
This is called embodying the light." - Meaning and context.">

Ch. 27, as interpreted by Stephen Mitchell (1992)
• Variants:
• A good traveller has no fixed plan and is not intent on arriving.
 • As quoted in In Search of King Solomon's Mines‎ (2003) by Tahir Shah, p. 217
• A true traveller has no fixed plan, and is not intent on arriving.

'''A good traveler has no fixed plans
and is not intent upon arriving.
A good artist lets his intuition
lead him wherever it wants.
A good scientist has freed himself of concepts
and keeps his mind open to what is.

Thus the Master is available to all people
and doesn't reject anyone.
He is ready to use all situations
and doesn't waste anything.
This is called embodying the light.

— Laozi

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "'''A good traveler has no fixed plans
and is not intent upon arriving.
A good artist lets his intuition
lead him wherever it wants.
A good scientist has freed himself of concepts
and keeps his mind open to what is.

Thus the Master is available to all people
and doesn't reject anyone.
He is ready to use all situations
and doesn't waste anything.
This is called embodying the light." in the context of "Ch. 27, as interpreted by Stephen Mitchell (1992)
• Variants:
• A good traveller has no fixed plan and is not intent on arriving.
 • As quoted in In Search of King Solomon's Mines‎ (2003) by Tahir Shah, p. 217
• A true traveller has no fixed plan, and is not intent on arriving." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Laozi

About Laozi

老子 Lǎozi (c. 6th – 5th century BC) was a Chinese monist philosopher; also called Lao Zi, Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, or Lao Tze. The Tao Te Ching (道德經, Pinyin: Dào Dé Jīng, or Dao De Jing) represents the sole document generally attributed to Laozi.