The Tao that can be told
Is not the everlasting Tao
The name that can be named
Is not the everlasting name

Nameless is the virgin of all things
Named is the mother of all things
Free from desire we see subtleties
Not free we see only things

The two are the same
Yet arise as two
A oneness called dark
Dark beyond dark is
The doorway to all subtleties

Tao Te Ching

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The Divine Feminine: Tao Te Ching
Rosemarie Andersdon