Thursday, December 21, 2006

Tao Te Ching

Relativity

We know there is beauty because there is ugly
We know good because there is evil
Being and not being
Having and not having
Create each other

Difficulty and easy
Long and short
High and low
Define each other
Just as before and after follow each other

The dialectic of sound
Gives voice to music
Always transforming"is" from "was"
As the ancestors of "to be"

The wise teach without telling
Allow without commanding
Have without possessing
Care without claiming

In this way we harvest eternal importance
Because we never announce it.

Verse 2

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