VERSE 4

Good Afternoon,

Verse 4 has been wonderful as the focus falls upon infinity, endlessness, emptiness, nothingness but yet our very essence containing everything we need.  The Tao is simply inexhaustible, it is never going to diminish or run out. Really this is just like our own pure essence which is so much more than just our form. Many of you will have heard the phrase " We are Spiritual beings taking on a temporary human form" Well this verse relates to that in my opinion. Thoughts travel to a place so much deeper than what we see and hear and feel but a calling to tap into the soul. The Tao actually is our ancestor, our Mother or Father , our ocean perhaps and all will return back to that state of being Just like the rivers and valleys and streams all return there too. Empty yet full, all providing yet inexhaustible. A great way to look at verse 4 is to stand in a room full of furniture. Imagine somebody asking you to explain the room but that person did not want to hear about the furniture or the contents. How would you explain its very essence? How much is there in that room that you have never contemplated? I have spent time meditating on this while reciting the verses and although you will never know the Tao, you will come to know and visit that other place...

THE ALL PROVIDING TAO

IS EMPTY YET

INEXHAUSTIBLE 

This verse also asks us to go beyond our mind and thoughts and tap into something much more meaningful. This place is the place that existed before our own consciousness was born. Think about it for a moment.. It is pure magic..