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The
great Tao is the cycle of life!
It can move to the left and to the right.*
Ten-thousand things (everything) rely upon it and it gives birth
and does not refuse.
It
deserves praise for the whole which cannot be named.
It clothes and nourishes ten-thousand things and does not act
like a ruler.
It is always without deep seated desires.
Its
name is associated with everything including the small.
Ten-thousand things revert to their original state, and from that
place do not act as rulers.
The
Name** becomes great because until the end, it is not great and
does not act great.
Thus it can succeed in its greatness.
*Left
and right = Being to the right of the ruler was considered a place
of honor. Being to the left of the ruler was considered second
best.
**The
Name = The universe becoming conscious of itself through its human
form.
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