Get out the microscope, because we’re going through this poem line-by-line.
- Every living thing comes from the Tao and is then shaped by its own virtue, or living energy.
- Living things are then shaped by the forces around them.
- Therefore we should respect the Tao and value the virtue.
- We shouldn't try to control it, but should know it for what it is.
- Our own virtue helps us to grow, learn, and perfect ourselves.
- It creates us, but doesn't own us.
- It helps us do stuff, but it doesn't brag about it.
- It feeds what we do, but doesn't control our actions.
- This Mystic Virtue is kind of like our trusty sidekick.
- Well, a trusty sidekick that lives inside of us.