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Thinking too hard for 09:34...
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The tao that can be told
is not the eternal Tao
The name that can be named
is not the eternal Name.
The unnamable is the eternally real.
Naming is the origin
of all particular things.
Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.
Yet mystery and manifestations
arise from the same source.
This source is called darkness.
Darkness within darkness.
The gateway to all understanding.
Gleaned from here .
Which explains a handful of things, actually...
September 6 2005, 23:30:27 UTC 6 years ago
hmmm... she it is then...
63Act without doing;
work without effort.
Think of the small as large
and the few as many.
Confront the difficult
while it is still easy;
accomplish the great task
by a series of small acts.
The Master never reaches for the great;
thus she achieves greatness.
When she runs into a difficulty,
she stops and gives herself to it.
She doesn't cling to her own comfort;
thus problems are no problem for her.
September 7 2005, 13:38:29 UTC 6 years ago
Re: hmmm... she it is then...
~grin~ The translator alternates gender when referring to the Master. *This* time it's "she"; the next, it'll be "he". Because English is an inefficient language and lacks the genderneutral pronoun that's present in Dragaeran. :D