Tao Te Ching 40: Returning

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Returning is the movement of the Tao.

Yielding is the way of the Tao.

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All of creation is born of the corporeal.

The corporeal is born of the incorporeal.

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Commentary

The end is in the beginning. The infinite is like an blank sheet of paper; empty, yet filled with the potentiality of all things. The moment a mark is made, something appears out of nothing. For a time it seems to exist independently, although in truth we can only perceive its ‘being’ (the manifest) by contrasting it with the c...