The tao that can be told
is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named
is not the eternal Name.
The unnameable is the eternally real.
Naming is the origin
of all particular things.
Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
Caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.
Yet mystery and manifestations
arise from the same source.
This source is called darkness.
Darkness within darkness.
The gateway to all understanding.
My interpretation:
From the silence (darkness or light) comes that which we see and what we call real. Both are God and we can learn to see life from either the perspective of mysterious (darkness/light/silence) or the manifestation (the physical world) or both. By choosing both we open ourselves to be in a state of wonder and amazement. By going into the silence/darkness/light we open the "gateway" to understanding life's mystery and being connected to "the source."
is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named
is not the eternal Name.
The unnameable is the eternally real.
Naming is the origin
of all particular things.
Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
Caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.
Yet mystery and manifestations
arise from the same source.
This source is called darkness.
Darkness within darkness.
The gateway to all understanding.
My interpretation:
From the silence (darkness or light) comes that which we see and what we call real. Both are God and we can learn to see life from either the perspective of mysterious (darkness/light/silence) or the manifestation (the physical world) or both. By choosing both we open ourselves to be in a state of wonder and amazement. By going into the silence/darkness/light we open the "gateway" to understanding life's mystery and being connected to "the source."
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