All creatures which through it do liveIf the current thinking is correct -- there was not life and then there was -- I am betting that we will never comprehend what caused life to blossom.
~ James Legge translation, from The Sacred Books of the East, 1891 ~
The ten thousand things are whole and alive.
~ Gia-fu Feng and Jane English translation, published by Vintage Books, 1989 ~
The myriad things attained oneness and thus life
~ Derek Lin translation, from Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained, published by SkyLight Paths, 2006 ~
Tao gave all living things life.
~ Ron Hogan rendition, from Beatrice.com, 2004 ~
Lately, however, I have given a great deal of thought to a different paradigm. What is life has always and will always be? What if there is no beginning nor ending? What if existence is a perpetual circle -- energy flowing seamlessly from one state or stage to the next?
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