Introduction

This verse seems to follow the last by opening with additional instructions for energetic meditation. About halfway through, it transitions to a broader statement about contentment being central to the process. The teachings on contentment in Weaving the Way extend into the world “out there,” too. The commentary invites readers to reflect on the seeming paradox of contentment with evolution, a mind-state necessary for meditation and meditative living.

Translation

In a world of Active Dao,
  still, ride horses for fertilizer.

In a world of Passive Dao,
  warhorses are born in open spaces. 

Of crimes, there isn’t any greater than craving. 

Calamity and Misfortune,
  discontent and constantly craving. 

Therefore, knowing content is contentment; 
everlasting contentment. 

Commentary

In a world of Active Dao,
  still, ride horses for fertilizer.

Active Dao points to the moment in meditation where mundane breath becomes Breath and the energetic sensations become strong enough to be undeniable. Though being content is critical in arriving at this point, as one has just barely begun to “compound the medicine.” 

Therefore the verse teaches that one must still “ride horses for fertilizer,” which is a metaphor for the circulation of that energy to refine and condense it.