Going home to the Origin

"That which was the beginning of the world may be regarded as the Mother of the world. Having once known the Mother, you may next know the child. And if, knowing the child, you still keep the Mother, though your body perish, you will be in no danger. Shut the lips and close the portals (of eyes and ears), and as long as you live you will have no trouble; but open your lips and meddle with things, and as long as you live you will not get out of trouble. To see the small beginnings of things is called clearness. To keep tenderness, I pronounce strength. Use the light to (guide you) home to its own brightness, and do not give yourself up to calamity. This I call practising eternal (Tau)."