The Silent Wisdom of DAO



Why quote from wisdom
if we do not apply it
in our daily lives.
What is described as DAO
is beyond what is uttered.

We lead by practice.
DAO practice makes perfect.
Effortless practice.
Yin and Yang in harmony
without bragging or boasting.

Better then — Silence.
Turn withintoward DAO;
without uttering.
Be humble — with thanksgiving.
The Spirit gives us guidance.

DAO is Wisdom.
Wisdom that needs no boasting.
Boasting is hindrance;
enemy of Harmony.
The Spirit speaks in silence.

About this poem

Of DAO: He who truly knows DAO, practices DAO in silence and has no desire of utterance. He who knows Dao is gifted with the tongue and is boastfully loquacious without ceasing.

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Written on February 16, 2023

Submitted by karlcfolkes on February 16, 2023

Modified by karlcfolkes on April 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXBX CXCDE FBEEF AEFDF
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 493
Words 101
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5

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 1991 at New York University entitled: An Analysis of Wilhelm Grimm’s ‘Liebe Mili’ (translated into English as “Dear Mili”), Employing Von Franzian Methodological Processes of Analytical Psychology. The subject of the dissertation concerned the process of Individuation. more…

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