Tao emaned the One;
The One emaned the Two;
And the Two emaned the Three.
Can You Hear the Tao?
When the highest type of men hear Tao,
They diligently practice it.
When the average type of men hear Tao,
They half believe in it.
When the lowest type of men hear Tao,
They laugh heartily at it.
Lao Tzu
Verse 40
The movement of the Tao consists in Returning.
The use of the Tao consists in softness.
All things under Heaven are born of the corporeal:
The corporeal is born of the incorporeal.
Commentary: A very small part of us comes from the stars, a speck of Divinity. It is sent from Heaven down to Earth and it’s mission in life is to Return. But our obsessive desires, our ignorance, our forgetfulness keep us trapped here. What we need cannot be grasped aggressively or demanded as our due returns. Try silence and humility. Try a little love.
Chaos ensues from the Divine Mother, then fecundated by the Holy Spirit the world of objects is created and sustained.