We join spokes together
in a wheel,
but it is the center
hole
that makes the wagon
move.
We shape clay into a
pot,
but it is the emptiness
inside
that holds whatever we
want.
We hammer wood for a
house,
but it is the inner
space
that makes it livable.
We work with being,
but non-being is what we
use.
~Tao Te Ching, 11
Ok, I get it. The center hole makes the wagon move and a clay pot holds whatever we want. Of course, the inner space is what makes the house a home. So, why is it so difficult for the mind to equate this being~non-being that is who we are?
~Tao Te Ching, 11
Ok, I get it. The center hole makes the wagon move and a clay pot holds whatever we want. Of course, the inner space is what makes the house a home. So, why is it so difficult for the mind to equate this being~non-being that is who we are?
Random comment: We spend the majority of our lives looking outside of ourselves, rather than looking inside into the space within in us which is where 'who we are' resides....for the time being.
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