Most scholars consider Verse 25 to contain the most important words in the entire Tao Te Ching, for these words give us our place - or as I say it, our "anthropology" in the universe.

And our place is nested in Tao. As this verse concludes: Know your interconnections: Human beings come from Earth, Earth’s patterns entwine with Heaven’s, Heaven roots in Tao, Tao’s blueprint is Nature itself.

Please don't rush over the implications of this conclusion! Here is our quiet confidence that we are already interconnected with Tao. This is our "Epic Résumé".

Huge thanks to David Wollert for his voice and question on sailing (!!).

May your days begin in peace, and be practices for radical hope. -Marc Mullinax (mmullinax@mhu.edu)

Verse 25 "Our Epic Résumé"