Verse 40

The movement of the Tao consists in Returning.

The use of the Tao consists in softness.

All things under Heaven are born of the corporeal:

The corporeal is born of the incorporeal.

 

Commentary: A very small part of us comes from the stars, a speck of Divinity. It is sent  from Heaven down to Earth and it’s mission in life is to Return. But our obsessive desires, our ignorance, our forgetfulness keep us trapped here. What we need cannot be grasped aggressively or demanded as our due returns. Try silence and humility. Try  a little love.

Chaos ensues from the Divine Mother, then fecundated by the Holy Spirit the world of objects is created and sustained.

 

The Gardener

Hurled by God from the stars
a great fall down to the earth
picking ourselves up from the mud
we strive to return
but we have forgotten the way
we have forgotten who we are
and why we are here.

Black dirt
repugnant and
filthy
is required to
plant a seed.

We must find
water to make it
grow and
water it daily.

Fire is the light
shining in a
dark world
upon a little
sprout.

Go little
sprout
go.

The Inner Garden

The passport
to the Inner Garden
is humility
and
absolute silence
is The Way.