THE WAY OF THE ACTION OF THE SOUL
A New Translation of the Tao Te Ching
by Alan Sheets and Barbara Tovey

SoulType 9, Chapter 54


If it is well established, it cannot be uprooted.
If you skillfully embrace it, it will not leave.
For generations, yearly offerings to it have not ceased.

Cultivate it in your body.
The action of the soul is then real.

Cultivate it in the family (clans).
The action of the soul is then in surplus.

Cultivate it in the village.
The action of the soul lasts a long time.

Cultivate it in the country.
The action of the soul is in abundance.

Cultivate it in Heaven below (the sacred body).
The action of the soul is universal.

The body recognizes the body.
The family recognizes the family.
The village recognizes the village.
The country recognizes the country.
Heaven below recognizes Heaven below.

How do I perceive Heaven below being so?
I perceive it through this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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