Dao De Jing, ¤ 1

The way that someone can point you down is not an enduring track.
The name that you can give something is not an enduring sack.
No-name: the embryonic beginning of heaven and earth.
Not no-name: the mother of the myriad creatures.
So always be desireless in order to observe its ineffable efficacies.
And always retain desire in order to observe its outer aspect. These two come out together and are differently named.
Embraced they are known as the dark and obscure.
Dark and obscure and yet even more dark and obscure,
Such is the portal of the ineffable efficacies.

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