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Mother of All Things

The universe had a beginning
Called the Mother of All Things.
Once you have found the Mother
You can know her children.
Having known the children,
Hold tightly to the Mother.
Your whole life will be preserved from peril.
 
Open up the openings,
Multiply your affairs,
Your whole life will become a burden.
 
Those who see the small are called clear-headed;
Those who hold to gentleness are called strong.
 
Use the light.
Come home to your true nature.
Don't cause yourself injury:
This is known as seizing truth.

Chapter 52 of the Tao Te Ching, a collection of verses about Tao – "the Way," the indivisible unity of life – traditionally ascribed to the great Chinese mystic Lao Tzu, who lived perhaps in the sixth century B.C.

Finding Unity

Those who know do not speak;
Those who speak do not know.
Stop up the openings,
Close down the doors,
Rub off the sharp edges.
Unravel all confusion.
Harmonize the light,
Give up contention:
This is called finding the unity of life.
 
When love and hatred cannot affect you,
Profit and loss cannot touch you,
Praise and blame cannot ruffle you,
You are honored by all the world.
 

Chapter 56 of the Tao Te Ching,  Lao Tzu, lived perhaps in the sixth century B.C. This translation is by Stephen Ruppenthal.

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