21-06-2011, 05:18 PM
The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. Having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; having a name, it is the Mother of all things.
Without desire, we can plumb its depths; filled with desire, we can see only its externals. Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as it develops, it receives the different names. Together we call them the Mystery; where the Mystery is deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful..... The Tao is the emptiness of a vessel and in our employment of it we must be on guard against all fullness.
Without desire, we can plumb its depths; filled with desire, we can see only its externals. Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as it develops, it receives the different names. Together we call them the Mystery; where the Mystery is deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful..... The Tao is the emptiness of a vessel and in our employment of it we must be on guard against all fullness.
"Where is the intersection between the world's deep hunger and your deep gladness?"