The musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another.

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So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to the idea of the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one the idea of the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that the ideas of height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following another.

Source Tao Te King, chapter 2 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Lao-tzu, opposites are born of one another and answer each other like the notes of one and the same music: the difficult makes the easy exist, the high makes the low exist. Today, when something seems difficult to you, look for what it makes possible or what it helps you appreciate.

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