Introduction
This verse points to the perspective that Weavers of the Way develop through meditative living. Attempting to stand within this perspective by deeply contemplating it is a proven method for generating insight.
In other words, this verse is a meditation and not an instruction or a statement. It intends to generate a feeling, so take your time with it and refuse to accept an analytical understanding as a complete one.
Translation
The Dao endures without becoming.
The Leader can preserve it
and All That Is self-evolves.
Evolves and wants to come into being;
authentic because of the unnameable’s simplicity.
It is also “knowing.”
Knowing entirely by silence.
All That Is self-stabilizes.
Commentary
The Dao endures without becoming.
The opening line reminds us that this indescribable force is a force of potential. It exists but does not exist as a thing*.
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