Sunday, July 25, 2010

tao te ching 14

Their Mysterious Origin

Did your children really begin
with the union of your bodies?
Or is their origin more mysterious?

Eternal
means no time,
no beginning,
no end.
Do your children,
who visit you in time,
really reside in eternity?

If you try to grask them,
they slip away.
They are more than what you see and hear and
feel.
They belong somewhere else
and only visit here.
So why do you worry?

*If the Tao is good, it is completely good
and your children are safe regardless of appear-
ances.
I believed that when my son was struggling with
problems.
I believe it now when he is a handsome, content
adult.
I will believe it if future trouble visits his life.
I believe it.

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