When the Great Dao Lost There Came Duty to Man and Right Conduct

Most people move in constant opposition to themselves because they are afraid that if they don't oppose themselves all the time something awful will happen. So when is the human being developed the power to be aware of himself? To know that he knows. In other words when the cortex was formed over the original brain he fell from grace. That was the fall of man. When the great dao lost there came duty to man and right conduct. Nobody talks about how you ought to behave unless things have gone radically wrong. There wouldn't be any conception of faithful ministers of the state unless there were a lot of lousy politicians around. No one would talk about filial piety unless there were wayward sons and