Chapter 10

Can you carry your guts and embrace the One
Without their straying?
Can you gather your breath and become soft
And become a newborn baby?
Can you wash and polish the dark mirror
Without marring it?
Can you love the people and rule the country
Without acting?
Can you open and close the Heavenly gate
And act a hen?
Can you clear your light and penetrate the four quarters
Without knowing?
It begets them and rears them
It begets them and rears them
It begets them but does not own them
It acts but does not lay claim
It leads but does not lord
This is called dark Virtue