The Taoteching #10

Can you hold fast your crescent soul and not let it wander
can you make your breath as soft as a baby’s
can you wipe your Dark Mirror free of dust
can you serve and govern without effort
can you be the female at Heaven’s Gate
can you light up the world without knowledge
beget things and keep them
but beget without possessing
keep without controlling
this is Dark Virtue

Lao-tzu
from The Taoteching