Bit by Bit - Chapter 12, Part 7

Trey Smith

He sees in the darkest dark, hears where there is no sound. In the midst of darkness, he alone sees the dawn; in the midst of the soundless, he alone hears harmony. Therefore, in depth piled upon depth he can spy out the thing; in spirituality piled upon spirituality he can discover the essences. So in his dealings with the ten thousand things he supplies all their wants out of total nothingness. Racing with the hour, he seeks lodging for a night, in the great, the small, the long, the short, the near, the far.
~ Burton Watson translation ~

Harmony in the soundless. It "sounds" like a paradox. But if you believe that the essence of Dao embodies harmony, how could anything not be so?

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