Re:Merry Christmas, HN
by CMCDragonkai on Saturday December 24, 2022 @06:19PM
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Is this original daoism or did you derive it from something?
Yes, this is from the start of the Tao Te Ching. Ursula le Guin rendered it thus:
> For the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, while the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants. Two things, one origin, but different in name, whose identity is mystery. Mystery of all mysteries! the door to the hidden.
Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.
Yet mystery and manifestations arise from the same source.
This source is called darkness.
Darkness within darkness.
The gateway to all understanding.