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ATTAIN to utmost Emptiness.
Cling single-heartedly to interior
peace.
While all things are stirring together,
I only contemplate
the Return.
For flourishing as they do,
Each of them will return to
its root.
To return to the root is to find peace.
To find peace is
to fulfill one's destiny.
To fulfill one's destiny is to be
constant.
To know the Constant is called Insight.
If one does not know the Constant,
One runs blindly into
disasters.
If one knows the Constant,
One can understand and embrace
all.
If one understands and embraces all,
One is capable of doing
justice.
To be just is to be kingly;
To be kingly is to be
heavenly;
To be heavenly is to be one with the Tao;
To be one with
the Tao is to abide forever.
Such a one will be safe and whole
Even
after the dissolution of his body.
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