The Uncarved Block
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The uncarved block contains
all possibilities. Its renderings
are wonder and beauty.
From One it yields many.
From No-thing, myriad somethings.
From Love it produces Itself.
The uncarved block
is clear, lucid, solid as Reality,
Yet it has no qualities,
No measure, no values.
It contains Life
But does not hold it.
Secure, it is safe.
Full, it is empty.
Wise, it knows Nothing.
Eternal, it has no beginning.
Endless, it has no ending.
Wordless, it has no meaning.
Words carve its many facets
but reveal only the surface.