Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle.

Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.

To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.

Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.

Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery.

Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons.

Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union.