Tao Te Ching

To know Tao
meditate
and still the mind.
Knowledge comes with perseverance.

The Way is neither full nor empty;
a modest and quiet nature understands this.
The empty vessel, the uncarved block;
nothing is more mysterious.

When enlightenment arrives
don't talk too much about it;
just live it in your own way.
With humility and depth, rewards come naturally.

Training our inner self is like forging lead;
nine times a blacksmith turns his dipper in the flame.
Yin and Yang, earth and fire
find their own harmony.
Precious metals and our inner pearl are waxed and
chamoised with the pass of days.

When the mind is empty, blue flame licks the firebox.

When there is no perveived difference
between square and circle,
light and dark in our minds,
we have attained the profound truth of Tao.

Everything should be as one:

Emptiness
Emptiness


~The Book of the Heart: Embracing the Tao~
by Loy Ching-Yuen