Tao Te Ching: Chapter 15 : Enlightenment
The ancient followers of Tao: were so wise, so subtle, so profound, with
so much deep understanding that they were misunderstood on surface….
to be understood…..They must therefore be described with symptoms ..
Cautious……. like crossing a stream in mid-winter;
observant …….like moving in fear through hostile land;
modest …….retiring like ice beginning to melt;
dignified……..like an honored guest;
genuine ……..like natural, untouched wood;
receptive ……….like an inviting, open valley;
friendly…….. like muddied water, freely mixing.
Who can make sense of a world like cloudy water?
Left alone and still, it becomes clear.
Should this stillness be maintained?
Moving hastily will surely cloud it again.
How then can one move and not become clouded?
Accept Tao and achieve without being selfish;
being unselfish one endures the world’s wear,
and needs no change of pace.
translated by Frank J. MacHovec (1962)
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