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23 Mar 2010 @ 17:58

SAILING

Infinite expanse, sleek ocean teaming with life,
Turbulent, virile, ever-moving spread,
Seamlessly laid to the brilliant sky,
I float on you in my fashioned womb,
Sustained against your green-black depths.
Those on land never understand maritime life.
Those of the sea are intimate with your moods;
They navigate but are ultimately helpless.
Destinations become useless, drifting the sole reality:
A sailor's fears dissolve into acceptance.



Tao is sometimes compared to the ocean. Its depth is immeasurable,
its power rules all who enter it. We seek to sail it with our knowledge
of knots, direction, mathematics, and charts, yet our understanding is
incomparable to its vastness. The young have great ambitions about
exploring both above and below the surface, while the old have given in:
They know that there is no other alternative than to accept the ocean
and float upon it. One who accepts is sustained. Those who go beyond its
terms meet death. Thus the wise say that they float here and there
without care; they trust in the overwhelming power of Tao.


365 Tao: Daily Meditations
Deng Ming-Dao


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