241010 What I learned in my studies this morning 4

Today's Meditation(s):

Tao Te Ching, 26, Gia-fu Feng and Jane English

I don't get this one. It's opaque to me.

I can sorta see something in the opening couplet, but only as separate ideas. Heavy as the foundation. Ok. Still masters turmoil. Ok. But I don't see the connection.

Then there's a middle bit — remaining unattached and calm despite the lure of life's ten thousand things — leading to an end which relates to the beginning. Light and roots. Restlessness and control. But how do they fit?

More to ponder.

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