Clasp your lifeline and hold it dear.
Draw near to Tao and become honourable.
Wear your chains lightly and honourably.
Hold Tao close and act virtuously.
Cast off your ropes and sail away freely.
Embrace Tao fully and cast away honour.
Aloofness from Tao deadens life.
Intimacy with Tao enlivens death.
All the way?
All the Way.
Tao
'exists' beyond the realm of the material
universe; its timeless essence endures throughout
life and death.
Tao regards true humility as the
root of true greatness, which endures though flower, fruit and
leaf are fallen.
Tao is a
pragmatic philosophy offering helpful guidance and
advice, not inflexible rules, prescriptions or
commandments.
There is no point to 'believing'
in Tao as it offers no explicit contract of faith; accept what
comes through living 'in the spirit of' Tao.
