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TAO has no scale.
Here now and forever more.
Eternal presence.

Timed and yet timeless.
A numinous wonderment.
Open and yet always closed.

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The TAO has no scale. It is that which is opened to itself and closed to all others.

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Written on February 06, 2023

Submitted by karlcfolkes on February 06, 2023

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Karl Constantine FOLKES

Retired educator of Jamaican ancestry with a lifelong interest in composing poetry dealing particularly with the metaphysics of self-reflection; completed a dissertation in Children’s Literature in 1995 at New York University entitled: An Analysis of Wilhelm Grimm’s “Dear Mili” Employing Von Franzian Methodological Processes. The subject of the dissertation concerned the process of Individuation. more…

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3 Comments
  • Teril
    Paradox - the confusing road to harmony.
    LikeReply1 month ago
  • karlcfolkes
    An apt way of stating it. Thanks.
    LikeReply1 month ago
  • kali_p
    UNIVERSAL BALANCE
    LikeReply1 month ago

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