2014/08/25

Tao Te Ching 25

In the æons of deep space before the worlds were even gas clouds
    there was a silent beauty
      drifting
         timeless
            unformed yet coherent
               pervading all
                   pregnant with life.

Nameless,
   we call it Tao [/cosmic energy flow].
Beyond attribute,
   we call it stupendous.
Yet size implies growth
   and growth implies decay:
Growth and decay together imply cycles.

There are four unstoppable forces:
   Tao, the heavens, the earth, and the emperor.

For cosmic order all four must work in harmony.
   For humans' relationship to the earth
      depends on the earth's relationship to the sky
         which depends on its own relationship to the cosmic energy flow.

            Thus Tao governs all existence.


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