When the center is without doubt or desire, The outside is without demonic disasters. Those whose heart/mind is whole and complete in the center : Their form is whole and complete on the outside, They do not happen to meet heavenly disasters, They do not encounter people who cause harm - We call them sages. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- When people can be properly aligned and still : Their hair and skin are abundant and smooth, Their ears and eyes are acute and clear, Their muscles are supple and their bones are strong. Then they can support the great circle of heaven, And walk on the great square of earth. They are a reflection of great purity, They see with great clarity. Respectful* and cautious, they are without error; Each day they renew their De. They understand the whole world Thoroughly out to the four extremes. They respectfully* develop their fullness; This is called inner attainment. However, if they do not return [to their original nature], This creates errors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always : Dao is Certainly complete, certainly all-pervasive, Certainly magnanimous, certainly relaxed, Certainly hard, certainly strong. Maintain your virtue and never give up; To pursue excess disperses and weakens it. Once you understand the extremes, Return to Dao and De. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- When your whole and complete heart/mind is in the center, It can not be hidden or concealed - It is known in your form's appearance, It is seen in your skin's color. When with virtuous Qi you meet people, They will love you as they would their brothers. When with wicked Qi you meet people, They will harm you with their weapons of war. Because the sound of that which is un-spoken Travels faster than a clap of thunder. The form of the heart/mind's Qi Is brighter than the sun and moon, More observant than a father or mother. Rewards are not enough to encourage virtue, Punishments are not enough to discipline excesses. Qi's intent is attained, and the world obeys; The heart/mind's intent becomes settled, and the world listens. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Because they consolidate[R] Qi like spirits, The ten thousand creatures are prepared for existence. Can you consolidate[R] it? Can you unify it? Can you foretell bad fortune and good fortune, but without divining? Can you then stop? Can you? How can you never seek it from anyone, Yet attain it yourself? Contemplate it, contemplate it, and again repeatedly contemplate it. Should you contemplate it yet not comprehend it, Know that ghosts and spirits can comprehend it. However, it is not comprehended by the power of ghosts and spirits - But by the utmost of essence's Qi!