Correct becomes defect. Good becomes ominous. People's delusions have certainly lasted long.
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.
All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.
The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible, like an abyss!
The Master acts without doing, and everything gets done.
Other people are occupied, I alone am unwilling, like the outcast.