Nature of Duality - Pathway To Bliss

When people see things as beautiful,

ugliness is created.

When people see things as good,

evil is created.

Being and non-being produce each other.

Difficult and easy complement each other.

Long and short define each other.

High and low oppose each other.

Fore and aft follow each other.

Therefore the Master

can act without doing anything

and teach without saying a word.

Things come her way and she does not

stop them;

things leave and she lets them go.

She has without possessing,

and acts without any expectations.

When her work is done, she takes no credit.

That is why it will last forever.

- Tao Te Ching, Chapter 2
- Lao Tzu

The Beginning Of All Understanding

The tao that can be described
is not the eternal Tao
The name that can be spoken
is not the eternal Name.

The nameless is the boundary of Heaven
and Earth.
The named is the mother of creation.

Freed from desire, you can see the hidden
mystery.
By having desire, you can only see what is
visibly real.

Yet mystery and reality
emerge from the same source.
This source is called darkness.

Darkness born from darkness.
The beginning of all understanding.

- Tao Te Ching, Chapter 1

- Lao Tzu