The nature of the Tao

"The Tao-Path is not the All-Tao. The Name is not the Thing named. Unmanifested, it is the Secret Father of ########## #### #### ########## #### #### ########## #### #### Heaven ☰ and Earth ☷ manifested, it is their Mother. To understand this Mystery, one must be fulfilling one's will, and if one is not thus free, one will but gain a smattering of it. The Tao is one, and the Teh but a phase thereof. The abyss of this Mystery is the Portal of Serpent-Wonder. The Tao . The Teh, [yin (⚋) broken] The Tao, [yang (⚊) solid] source of the Mother source of the Father #### #### ########## Heaven ########## ########## ########## Ch'ien [Qian (乾, ☰)] #### #### #### #### #### #### ########## ########## ########## Fire [Zhen (震, ☳)] Water - Tui [Dui (兌, ☱)] Sun [Li (離, ☲)] ########## #### #### ########## ########## ########## ########## #### #### #### #### #### #### Air - Sun [Xun (巽, ☴)] Earth - Ken [Gen (艮, ☶)] Moon #### #### ########## #### #### K'an [Kan (坎, ☵)] Earth #### #### #### #### #### #### K'un [Kun (坤, ☷)]"