Know Eternity
Seek an open mind—the ideal of vacuity. Seek composure—the essence of tranquility.
All things are in process, rising and returning. Plants blossom for a season, then return to the root.
In returning to the root, we find tranquility; this leads to our destiny, which is eternity. To know eternity is enlightenment; to ignore eternity is to invite calamity.
Knowing eternity means seeing the big picture; seeing the big-picture is broad-minded; breadth of vision brings nobility; nobility is close to divinity.
The Tao is divine.
The Tao is the Eternal.
Death is not to be feared.
- Lao Tzu, in the Tao Te Ching. (Translation by Dwight Goddard, compilation by Sam Torode.)
All things are in process, rising and returning. Plants blossom for a season, then return to the root.
In returning to the root, we find tranquility; this leads to our destiny, which is eternity. To know eternity is enlightenment; to ignore eternity is to invite calamity.
Knowing eternity means seeing the big picture; seeing the big-picture is broad-minded; breadth of vision brings nobility; nobility is close to divinity.
The Tao is divine.
The Tao is the Eternal.
Death is not to be feared.
- Lao Tzu, in the Tao Te Ching. (Translation by Dwight Goddard, compilation by Sam Torode.)
