Tao Life Cycles

pg 16

This poem, again, reminds me of Socrates. It describes the life cycles, not quite as compulsively and intensely as Socrates, though.
“Things grow and grow, But each goes back to its root.” This is an example of the life cycles that Socrates describes.
The Tao is describing how people may grow and change, but they will always come back to their original state in the end.

The part where it says “Tao endures. Your body dies. There is no danger” is almost exactly Socrates’ argument. He says to not be afraid of death because your soul will keep going; that being afraid of death is foolish because your body doesn’t really matter.