When embracing the unity
Of mind, body, emotions, and spiritual being
Can we transcend our fragmentations
Without leaving a trace?
When Qi Gong sculpts new suppleness,
Can our flesh become soft as a new born babe?
Can we cleanse the inner vision,
leaving mind in spiritual purity?
Can our affairs of the heart,
and our affairs of state
be so unconditional
that we grant unqualified permissibility?
Can the gate to Yin be opened
Without inviting Yang?
Can our reasoning be purged of coercion,
allowing our heart its unfettered joy?
Can we act like every other species
Seeking no reward,
Taking no pride,
Guiding without enslaving?
Such is our vision of the Great Integrity
On whose path we have at last planted both feet,
Ready to Move, step by step,
Until we arrive at the great unfettered gate.
(Tao Te Ching 10, translation by Ralph Alan Dale)
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