Wisdom of the Ancients (Part 2) The Taoist Way — Flowing with the Gateless Gate

 

Wisdom of the Ancients (Part 2)

The Taoist Way — Flowing with the Gateless Gate

Opening Reflection

Bismillah ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm

From the silence of the Tao,
the unborn, the uncarved block,
The Way that has no name,
yet gives birth to all names—

From the teachings of Laozi and Zhuangzi,
who taught the art of non-forcing (wu wei),
the wisdom of water that yields yet conquers,
the full emptiness,
the gate that opens without being seen—

I bow with humility before the Lord of the Worlds,
Allah ʿAzza wa Jalla,
the One beyond form and name,
yet nearer than my jugular vein.

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Echoes from the Tao

On the Unnameable Source

“The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.
The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth.
The named is the mother of all things.”
(Tao Te Ching, Chapter 1)

On Effortless Harmony (Wu Wei)

“The Master acts without striving,
and teaches without words.
The ten thousand things rise and fall,
yet he does not interfere.
He lets things come and go,
and dwells at the center of the circle.”
(Tao Te Ching, Chapter 2)

On Yielding as Strength

“Nothing in the world is softer than water.
Yet nothing is stronger in overcoming the hard and unyielding.
The weak conquers the strong,
the soft overcomes the hard.”
(Tao Te Ching, Chapter 78)

On Simplicity and Return

“Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity.
Reduce selfishness,
have few desires.
Returning to the source is serenity.”
(Tao Te Ching, Chapter 19 & 16)

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Closing Invocation

I take refuge in the Infinite Mercy of Allah,
the Source without beginning,
the End without ending.

From illusion to Reality,
from striving to surrender,
from the restless currents of thought
to the still waters of the Tao.

May all beings in the ten directions
find the Way that has no path,
the Gate that opens into freedom,
the Return to the One.

Āmīn.

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