From "The Way of Life"

Lao Tzu

604 B.C.

Before creation a presence existed,

Self-contained, complete,

Formless, voiceless, mateless,

Changeless,

Which yet pervaded itself

With unending motherhood.

Though there can be no name for it,

I have called it 'the way of life.'

Perhaps I should have called it 'the fullness of life,'

Since fullness implies widening into space,

Implies still further widening,

Implies widening until the circle is whole.

In this sense

The way of life is fulfilled,

Heaven is fulfilled,

Earth fulfilled

And a fit man also is fulfilled:

These are the four amplitudes of the universe

And a fit man is one of them:

Man rounding the way of the earth,

Earth rounding the way of heaven,

Heaven rounding the way of life

Till the circle is full.

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