According to Osho, to call Lao Tzu total means he embodies wholeness beyond the mind’s perfectionism and ego; he contains and reconciles opposites—wisdom with foolishness, knowledge with acknowledged ignorance—choosing nothing, excluding nothing. In such inclusiveness, the living whole appears; perfection’s selective cutting disappears. Hence Lao Tzu’s innocence may look foolish, yet it is consummate, paradoxical wisdom.
Being total means welcoming all of you—smart and silly, knowing and not knowing—without picking sides.