Chapter 5
The Tao doesn't take sides;
it gives birth to both good and evil.
The Master doesn't take sides;
she welcomes both saints and sinners.
The Tao is like a bellows:
it is empty yet infinitely capable.
The more you use it, the more it produces;
the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
Hold on to the center.
Commentary
The Tao doesn't take sides / it gives birth to both good and evil: The point here is not that the Tao is cruel to things, nor that the Master is ruthless with people, but that heaven and earth are impartial.
The Master sees all beings arising from the same source, working out their karma (often with great suffering) and returning to source. And since people are in constant flux, she understands that at any moment they are capable of the most astonishing spiritual transformation. Why should she pin them motionless with a judgment of "good" or "bad"?
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