39. At the heart of need is stillness. At the root of fighting is serenity. At the source of anxiety is peace. In the essence of doing is being. Look to the root.

33. When you let go of thought you also let go of outcomes. When you experience how results arise naturally a pure trust occurs without thought of the end. This creates space for energy to pour through. Without want, without hopes, we are nurtured by a life that is simply arising out of itself.

28. Softness and gentleness are expressions of the flow. Harshness and rigidity are expressions of the flow. When one experiences the One one naturally becomes soft and gentle, unassuming and quiet. When one does not experience the One and reacts to life through the lens of the self a tension arises between what is and what should be. Where there is

A person at one with the flow of Tao appears to do things effortlessly. This is because the self that believed effort is required has been removed. It was, in fact, never present. The flow that arises through them does so unadulterated. Such a person simply watches the unfolding for the beauty of its expression knowing that it will also return to

22. When the self steps aside and the flow streams through and the force of nature is allowed to express itself through the full manifestation of its beauty life begins to feel easy and simple. You might feel that you are in the middle of the flow. And it might be that good things come to you. And it might be that bad things come to you. And you may

Can you abide with how life is unfolding? Can you see that when you place down your needs, and you step aside without thought of a result that what flows through you has the force of nature behind it? There is nothing to impede its way. No needs of the self, no fear of the result, no anxiety to block it. It simply unfolds, wonderfully, beautifully,

Tao requires nothing of you only the chance to express its flow.

When one realises that what is seen and what sees are not different the sage appears in awe of its own unfolding.

Between light and colour is a prism. Between the many things and One is thought.