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Lao Tse On the Nature of the Way

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Waterlilies Mt. Fuji	ancient masters of the way comprehended the mysteries	their spirits subtly supple, too profound to be labeled	because they could not be known, we recall them as they seemed--
	tentative, as if crossing a winter brook	cautious as if afraid of neighbors all around	serious as if a guest alert to ceremony	irresolute as ice beginning to sweat and melt
	shapeless as wood that has not been carved	empty as a valley	obscure as mud-mad rivers
	who else could be muddy, then, by being still, become clear?	who else could hibernate breeding life slowly from rest?	whoever keeps to the way does not try to be full or fresh	being used, not just made, they flow on

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