The Tao Broadened Horizons Contest

“Cannot be named Cannot be found,” For in this effort--this person Into non-Tao becomes wound. The Tao was before time’s beginning. The Tao is not found in complex systems, But is revealed by listening to the heart, To the oneness of all living things, The honoring of all beings. There is the start! For the Tao has been Endowed by nature to all. Therefore, no need for grasping. The Tao is to be found In the silence between breaths, By seals in the waves Jumping in play, By a caring hand on a Fevered brow, there is the Way. Father Merton wonders Did St Francis join with the Tao, And the Buddha sitting under the Bodhi tree Who showed A way to end suffering Brought on by attachment to anger, Delusion and greed. Thus the way of Tao, simplicity, Release attachment to things. The Tao has been called “Mother Of all Truth and Life.” This humble person must stop For all this explaining is non-Tao So she will stop She will stop right NOW! Referenced in many ways: “The Way of Chuang Tzu” by Thomas Merton.