great works ii – 2850 jta 12:25-2:05: love letters from the world

In the poem Sixteen , it starts off with , ” Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. ” (Line 1) ,  this meaning clear your head of all your thoughts and relax your brain. The author wants us to be at peace and to feel free. Further into the poem it starts to talk about how we grow and break from the same thing that made us and where ever we go we return back to the origin. We have to know where we are from to stay sane other wise it may lead to disruption and confusion. “With an open mind, you will be openhearted. Being openhearted, you will act royally.” In this verse here its saying that one trait leads to another , if we are optimistic we become more open to things and we act with grace we then accept the tao ,and we live by the tao. In conclusion where ever we go the tao will follow because the tao is forever and even when we die it remains.”Being at one with the Tao is eternal.  And though the body dies, the Tao will never pass away.” (Line 16) Once we align with it the flow of life becomes easier.