The Common Origin of Everything
Translation by Tree Buffalo
The quality of highest virtue follows the way of Nature thoroughly.
The way of Nature is to become something utterly intangible and utterly indistinct.
So indistinct and intangible!
Yet its middle has substance.
So intangible and indistinct!
Yet its middle has physicality.
So impenetrable and mysterious!
Yet its middle has essence.
Its essence is quite real, because here lies the evidence:
From ancient times to the present its manifestations have never gone away, and we can witness the common origin of everything.
How do I know everything has a common origin?
By this.
Read some of the first English translations of Chapter 21 here.
