Dao De Jing 10
Can your bodily soul
embrace unity
& not depart from it?
Can you give full
attention to the pliant breath
like a newborn child?
Can you purify your deep
perception
until it has no flaw?
Can you care for the
people & the nation
without exerting control?
Can you open & close
the gate of heaven
as a woman would?
Can your understanding
reach with clarity to all four corners
without the need for
cunning?
Nourishing them,
rearing them,
caring for them without
possession,
acting without
presumption,
leading but not
dominating,
this is what is meant by
the deep morality.
Laozi, 道德經
Translation by John
Hayes
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