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Four Infinities.

Before the World exists
There is mystery:
Silent, depthless,
Alone, unchanging,
Ubiquitous and ever moving,
The mother of the World.
I do not know its name, so I call it Tao;
I do not know its limit, so I call it infinite.

Being infinite, it flows away forever
Flowing away forever, it returns to the Self.

The Self follows the way of the World;
The World follows the way of Nature;
Nature follows the way of Tao;
Tao is the way.

Tao is infinite,
Therefore Nature is infinite,
Therefore the World is infinite,
Therefore the Self is infinite.
There are four infinities,
And the Self is one of them.


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