56.

Those who know

don’t speak.

Those who speak

don’t know.

Block your passageways.

Shut the gate.

Blunt your pointedness.

Untangle the knot.

Find harmony with the light.

Join the dust.

This is called “profound union.”

It cannot be attained,

and yet it holds us.

It cannot be possessed,

and yet it is inescapable.

It cannot be attained,

and yet we profit by it.

It cannot be gained,

and yet it cannot be lost.

It cannot be possessed,

and yet it is treasured.

It can’t be obtained,

and yet it cannot be degraded.

Thus it is the world’s treasure.