' Merging with Darkness '...

"I would like to hear about the man of spirit."

"His spirit rises, mounted on the light,
while his physical form vanishes.

This is called 'illumination of immensity.'

He fulfills his destiny and perfects his attributes.

Heaven and earth rejoice;
The myriad affairs dissolve.

and the myriad things are restored to truth.

This is called 'merging with darkness.'"



-Chuang Tzu
in Victor H. Mair
Wandering on the Way: Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang Tzu
NY: Bantam, 1994, p. 114