Stillness

The Way is the Divine Reason of the Cosmos

"There are ways,

but The Way is uncharted;

there are names,

but not nature in words:

nameless indeed 

is the Source of creation

but things have a mother

and she has a name.

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The secret waits 

for the insight

of eyes unclouded

by longing;

those who are bound

by desire

see only 

the outward container.

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These two come paired

but distinct 

by their names.

Of all things

profound,

say that their pairing

is deepest,

the gate to the root

of the world."

--Tao Te Ching I

(tr. R. B. Blakney)