We came across another gem form one of our favourite authors and poet and present it in gratitude. (Ed)
Knowing what is masculine within you,
equally pay attention to what is feminine within you.
By humbling yourself before the world,
the eternal power of the Tao
is yours and is meant to be used for
your return to the innocence of beauty.
Knowing what is white within you,
equally pay attention to what is black within you.
By being an exemplary practitioner for the world to admire,
the eternal power of the Tao
transforms you into what is infinite.
Knowing what is glorious within you,
equally pay attention to what is counter productive to glory within you.
By being as open as the world,
the eternal power of the Tao
drives you to what is simple.
Making instruments that will never be used,
the greatest of sages do not work while working.
Wanting to control the world
and wanting to manipulate it according to your means,
the world will not budge one inch for you.
The world is a sacred vessel that
cannot be altered so easily.
Those who try to do so are lost
and lose what they cling to.
Everything goes and follows something else.
Everything breathes in strength and blows out weaknesses.
Everything begins in something and ends in something.
Sages are quick to get rid of the extremes
of an arrogant attitude towards the Tao.
Equipoised in nothingness,
the Tao speaks like never before.
By Julian Colgan
(Blue Cross and Shining Sunset Academy) Copyright
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