TAO TE CHING #25

Something mysteriously formed,
Born before heaven and Earth.
In the silence and the void,
Standing alone and unchanging,
Ever present and in motion.
Perhaps it is the mother of ten thousand things.
I do not know its name
Call it Tao.
For lack of a better word, I call it great.

Being great, it flows
It flows far away.
Having gone far, it returns.

Therefore, "Tao is great;
Heaven is great;
Earth is great;
The king is also great."
These are the four great powers of the universe,
And the king is one of them.

Man follows Earth.
Earth follows heaven.
Heaven follows the Tao.
Tao follows what is natural.

So preciOUS So beautiful Nice textures, details, DOF helys · 2012-04-26: 06:59

These spectacular and unique Gerad · 2012-04-26: 07:38

hmm... looks a little bit like fern ntasia · 2012-04-26: 09:01

Such a sweet set and mystery ... Lovely! Love the poem too! Patricia132 · 2012-04-26: 09:21

Wonderful captures! They do look a little otherworldly when they are unfurling their fronds! darfoster · 2012-04-26: 11:22

Wow Sadhya, these wonderful! Such clarity and detail, great focus. :) ????? · 2012-04-26: 13:38

Very nice set, great details! imrepapa · 2012-04-26: 16:40

Excellent set !! finbarr · 2012-04-26: 17:28

Fantastic and interesting "hairy" images! Love the poetry, too...who wrote it? lookagain · 2012-04-26: 18:17

Weird looking flower...a sunflower unfurling? Great shots. NellyBly · 2012-04-26: 23:20

Very intriguing shots of a fern MoMac · 2012-04-27: 04:03

What à details! kwibusje · 2012-05-01: 02:51