And he who is identified with the abandonment [of Tao]—the abandonment [of Tao] is also happy to abandon him.4 In other words, one receives from reality exactly what one seeks from it, “As you sow, so you reap” (Galatians 6:7). The Tao, as the whole of nature, does not violently impose its will. This interpretation has the virtue of corresponding to the opening lines of the second section.