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Tao Te Ching No. 14

Posted in Inspiration, Life, Metaphysical, Poetry, Spirituality, tagged , on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Look, it cannot be seen — it is beyond form.
Listen, it cannot be heard — it is beyond sound.
Grasp, it cannot be held — it is intangible.
These three are indefinable;
Therefore they are joined in one.
From above it is not bright;
From below it is not dark:
An unbroken thread beyond description.
It returns to nothingness.
The form of the [...]

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The Way of Life No. 1

Posted in Inspiration, Life, Poetry, Spirituality, tagged , , , on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Existence is beyond the power of words
To define:
Terms may be used
But are none of them absolute.
In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no
words,
Words came out of the womb of matter;
And whether a man dispassionately
Sees to the core of life
Or passionately
Sees the surface,
The core and the surface
Are essentially the same,
Words making [...]

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The Way of Life No. 14

Posted in Inspiration, Life, Poetry, Spirituality, tagged , , , on March 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Image by Feng Jiang

What we look for beyond seeing
And call the unseen,
Listen for beyond hearing
And call the unheard,
Grasp for beyond reaching
And call the withheld,
Merge beyond understanding
In a oneness
Which does not merely rise and give light,
Does not merely set and leave darkness,
But forever sends forth a succession of living things as
mysterious
As the unbegotten existence to which [...]

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