Soften the glare
From contemplation of one
And you will be at one.
Detach the sullied eye
And you will see the great:
A pillar of darkness
Before rising up of energy:
No profanity in speech
Or shadow of fear in the dark.
Placement where the rain falls
Is natural.
other readings further drafts from the same generation
deeper strata where the meaning thins
the original
1. The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and
unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and
unchanging name.
2. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven
and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all
things.
3.
Always without desire we must be found,
If its deep mystery we would sound;
But if desire always within us be,
Its outer fringe is all that we shall see.
4. Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as development
takes place, it receives the different names. Together we call them
the Mystery. Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that
is subtle and wonderful.