Verse 6: The Infinite

Verse Six
The Tao is the breath that never dies;
It is the Mother to All Creation.
It is the root and ground of every soul
-- the fountain of Heaven and Earth, laid open.

Endless source, endless river
River of no shape, river of no water
Drifting invisibly from place to place...it never ends
and it never fails.
~ Man-Ho Kwok, Martin Palmer & Jay Ramsey translation ~

Try as we might,we simply do not possess the capability to understand the source of all things. It doesn't matter what we call it or how we try to define it, it eludes our ability to grasp every single time.

A lot of people spend their lives trying to catch a glimpse of it, never realizing that it permeates everything, including each of us! Rather than lifting our eyes to the sky, we stand a much better chance of getting an inkling of the mystery by simply looking inside ourselves. There, in the silence removed from self and ego, is Tao.

As Stephen F. Kaufman explains it,

The Infinite contains all. The more you take from It the more it has to give...Man can never understand the machinations of the universe and must always consider new truths to be learned.

This post is part of a series. For an introduction, go here.