Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as development takes place, it receives the different names.

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Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as development takes place, it receives the different names. Together we call them the Mystery. Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful.

Source Tao Te King, chapter 1 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Lao-tzu, the nameless mystery and the world that bears names come from one and the same source, the Tao, and differ only in the name we give them. Today, when two things seem opposed to you (two opinions, two people, two desires), first look for what they have in common before you choose.

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