3Lao tzu says: When the highest type of men hear the Tao (truth), They try hard to live in accordance with it, When the mediocre hear the Tao, They seem to be aware and yet unaware of it. When the lowest type hear of Tao, They break into loud laughter, If it were not laughed at, it would not be Tao. I am quite sure that the reaction of the majority of reader first looking into Lao tzu's book will be to laugh. I say this without any disrespect, for I did that myself. The highest type of scholars end by laughing with Lao tzu at the preoccupations of the philosophers of the day. After that, Lao tzu becomes a lifelong fr