Posted inArt and Poems, Other Teachings

The Tao is like a Well

June 23, 2018

The Tao is like a well:

used but never used up.

It is like the eternal void:

filled with infinite possibilities.

 

It is hidden but always present.

I don’t know who gave birth to it.

It is older than God.

 


Text: Mitchell, Stephen. Tao Te Ching: A New English Version (Perennial Classics), HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.
Image: Concentric wave by geralt, CC0 Public Domain from Pixabay.com
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