All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.

So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.

Strong winds do not last all morning, hard rains do not last all day.

Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and long, life and death? Can you let go of all these dualities and embrace the Tao without skepticism or panic? If so, you can reach the heart of the Integral Oneness.

Let muddy water stand and it will become clear.

Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.

Attain utmost emptiness. Abide in steadfast stillness.