Living The Wisdom of The Tao.
Verse 21.

Through the inspirations of my spiritual mentor Dr. Wayne Dyer,
I have undertaken this year, (as he did in 2006), the teachings of the
eighty-one verses of the "Tao Te Ching." Legend says that the "Tao"
(pronounced "Dao") was written by the prophet "Lao-tzu" some five
hundred years before the birth of Christ. The interpretations of the words
Tao is "The Way" Te is "The Shape and Power" and Ching is "The Book."
It has been called "one of the profoundest books in world philosophy."
For my references I have been studying the interpretations and teachings of
Dr. Dyer from his book "Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life."
In the spirit of Eagle Eye here is my inspired (poetic) interpretation of
Verse 21.

                                 Paradox


                   Elusive, intangible and formless;
                   The paradox that is..."The Way."
                       Vague, dark and obscure,
                   Yet clear, in spirit, it breathes Life
                    and is...the essence of all things.


                   Everything we know has a beginning,
        but what is that beginning, and where does it come from?
                Known, yet unknown, drawn to the mystery,
                    to the depths of the inner self, we seek;
                            what is, our real truth within.


                             Know that all creation,
             the invisible formless energy which blooms,
          from nothingness to something, nameless to named
           and formless to formed... is the ever-living paradox
                             of Divinity and Virtue.


Live Inspired.

Ray Paul