The Tao, Chapter 16

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://angelsansara.wordpress.com/2023/03/07/the-tao-chapter-16/ The Tao, Chapter 16 If you can empty your mind of all thoughtsyour heart will embrace the tranquility of peace.Watch the workings of all of creation,but contemplate their return to the source.All creatures in the universereturn to the point where they began.Returning to the source is tranquilitybecause we submit to Heaven's mandate.Returning to Heaven's mandate is called being constant.Knowing the constant is called 'enlightenment'.Not knowing the constant is the source of evil deedsbecause we have no roots.By knowing the constant we can accept things as they are.By accepting things as they are, we become impartial.By being impartial, we become one with Heaven.By being one with Heaven, we become one with Tao.Being one with Tao, we are no longer concerned aboutlosing our life because we know the Tao is constantand we are one with Tao. -- Translated by J. H. McDonald