Tao Said This, Tao Said That, Why Can't We Just Live Our Way!

Tao Te Ching is it a life line that guides us? Tao has many similarities with Confucius in that they both try to guide us into being "gentleman" As I read Tao I noticed something very peculiar, paradox. Almost all of the maxims and lines have paradox in them, they say something and then say the cause of it "Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused". Throughout the course of human history their have been many foolish attempts to "try" to change how we humans live our lives, and thats what I'm getting at with this. Both Confucius and Tao's attempt to show us "the Way" as said in the Analects or the "path" as in Tao, humans will always live life how they want to live it, and I believe thats how it should be. We dont need some paper telling us whats wrong and whats right in our lives, I know that's pretty much what the Ten Commandments do but those are optional, God never FORCES us to comply with these set laws.

'What others teach, I also teach; that is: "A violent man will die a violent death!" This will be the essense of my teachings.'(Forty-Four) This mazim is completely and utterly incorrect. What happened to Jesus Christ our savior, he was a peaceful man that ONLY did good. And he was brutally and violently crucified by his own people. I totally disagree with this maxim, another example that may be used for this is Adolf Hitler, as you all may know he was an evil genuis if you will. Planning, Beginning, and Accomplishing one of the worlds or the worlds greatest genocide. He was a corrupted man and he died a very quick and nonpainful death.