Thursday, October 18, 2007

Tao te Ching



The Great Integrity
The Great Integrity is an endless abyss
Yet, it is the inexhaustibly fertile
Source of the universe

It blunts all sharpness
Unties the entangled
And merges with the dust!

Hidden but ever present-
This parent of the gods-
Whose child it may be?

Translator; Ralph Alan Dale
Verse 4

Another Version from Wayne Dyer
Living the Wisdom of the Tao..

The Tao is empty
But inexhaustible,
Bottomless,
And the ancestor of it all.

Within it, the sharp edges become smooth;
The twisted knots loosen;
The sun is softened by a cloud;
The dust settles into place.

It is hidden but always present.
I do not know who gave birth to it.
It seems to be the common ancestor of all, the father of all things.

Photo; Sombrero Galaxy

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