LESS IS MORE
A ring may be small, even paltry;
yet its significance huge, and awesome.Tao's essence is so mild, it seems barely there;
yet it pervades, everywhere.The truly wise are hardly aware of wisdom,
regarding it as trifling.
The truly good are unattached to virtue,
finding it unseemly to display.
The sage hides in plain sight
- even from themself!
Craving to possess
wisdom, or virtue, is a hindrance to attaining or experiencing
them. To seek humbly is the way to 'court Sophia'.
To
become possessed by wisdom is also most unwise, as
many a 'sacred' revelation has demonstrated by its
consequences in reality.
Both such modes illustrate imbalances of approach
and perception; Taoism promotes balance as
fundamental to a true partnership.
