TAO-big (Tubig or Water)

"The best (man) is like water.

Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them.

It dwells in (lowly) places that all disdain.

That is why it is so near to Tao." 

(Tao Te Ching, 8)

I was somehow bugged with this idea of political campaigns (National or Local) that is always, or perhaps, is usually centered to that of the subordinates and minorities, especially to the poor. "Kapag walang corrupt, walang mahirap", "Tapusin ang kahirapan, sa kanya mo malalaman", and those of the like somewhat suggests a favorable focus to that of the said subgroup. Well, perhaps it could be because a great percentage (approximately 30%) of the total population of the Philippines fell under the poverty line (Philippine Development Report, 2014); and that's about 15 million (based on the registered voters) of possible votes a candidate could have. Evidently, the votes of these people could change everything in just a matter of few endorsements or even just a single, one-minute ad in the television. 

But aside from that of the statistical issue, most of these political aspirants concentrate to these groups because (sidewise from that of these people's being "gullible") such concentration depicts an idea of true compassion, which is somehow one of the primal virtues of a leader. When a person is compassionate, in one way or another, he/she portrays a good example. And by that of being an example, he/she gives birth to leadership.

Such idea of being a compassionate example is one of the notions suggested by Lao Tzu, in his above's idea that like water, the best or superior man dwells in lowly places or situations in which ordinary people would somehow disdain or scorn. And also like water, it benefits all things, even to that of the undeserving and insufficient ones. Really, the water-man (man that is like water) is definitely the best man; coincidence or not, maybe that's the underlying implication of the name "AquaBest". 

Nevertheless, to somehow add up a little from my few analysis, maybe, since the water is everlasting (for it just cycles around and around), it is of no doubt that it is to be associated with that of the Taoist Tao; which is also boundless and everlasting.

[Today's (01-30-15) Blog]