Tao Te Ching Chapter 40

Quote :

40. Return is the motion of the Way...

Return is the motion of the Way.
Softening is its function.
All things in the cosmos arise from being.
Being arises from non-being.

What do you think this means?

Does not connect with me.

What if you replaced the words "the Way" with "the divine" or "God" or "life/death"? Would that help?

Here's another hint. Think of Autumn...

sorry, you know those blobs where you can see a shape if you look hard enough.

Well what's happening here is meaning is just not emerging for me. Sorry!

I view it as a commentary on the cycle of life, death, and rebirth that exists everywhere in nature and perhaps outside it as well.