Wednesday, May 16, 2012

TWENTY-FIVE

Something mysteriously formed,

Born before heaven and earth.

In the silence and the void,

Standing alone and unchanging.

Ever present and in motion.

Perhaps it is the mother of ten thousand things.

I do not know its name.

Call it Tao.

For lack of a better world, I call it great.


Being great, it flows.

It flows far away.

Having gone far, it returns.


Therefore, "Tao is great;

Heaven is great;

Earth is great;

The King is also great."

there are the four great powers

of the universe,

And the King is one of them.


Man follows the earth.

Earth follows heaven.

Heaven follows the Tao.

Tao follows what is natural.

LAO TSU.

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