Manifesting body, mind and spirit, can you stay centered in the oneness of Infinity?

In gathering your vital energy to attain suppleness, Can you soften your body as a newborn baby?

Can you clean and purify your profound insight so it will free of doubt?

In loving the people and leading your organization

can you act in line with TAO without your own selfishness?

In opening and closing the gateway to nature

can you act within the female power fo creation?

Enlightened to see far into all directions of manifestation and evolution

can you understand all things?

Giving birth, nourishing life, shaping things without possessing them, serving without expectation of reward, leading without dominating: These are the profound virtues of natural laws.

第十章   營(yíng)魄抱一

載營(yíng)魄抱一，能無(wú)離乎。專氣致柔，能如嬰兒乎。滌除玄鑒，能如疵乎。愛民治國(guó)，能無(wú)為乎。天門開闔，能為雌乎。明白四達(dá)，能無(wú)知乎。 生之畜之。 生而不有， 為而不恃， 長(zhǎng)不弗宰， 是謂玄德。

[譯文]

人作為道的能量的一個(gè)粒子顯現(xiàn)與世, 能夠身心保持一致嗎? 呼吸吐納，切斷念頭， 運(yùn)氣周身達(dá)到心平氣和， 能像孩童般純真無(wú)邪嗎? 達(dá)到徹悟時(shí), 還有任何不解和疑惑嗎? 治理國(guó)家, 能去有限的人類智巧, 而遵守道的自然規(guī)律去自然而為嗎? 認(rèn)知道由無(wú)到有相互轉(zhuǎn)換, 能守靜了然其本源創(chuàng)造力嗎? 體悟宇宙的有無(wú)轉(zhuǎn)換, 還會(huì)有什么不清楚的嗎?

道化生萬(wàn)物, 卻不占為己有；成就萬(wàn)物的循環(huán)，卻不居功；它任萬(wàn)物依其規(guī)律顯現(xiàn)、進(jìn)化，而不去主宰他們；這便是人類要學(xué)習(xí)、要崇尚遵守的最高自然品德。