1 Corinthians 13
rendered in Jamaican
In Memoriam
Mary Chang
1914-1998
He who awaits his time, who submits when his work is done, in his life there is no room for sorrow or for rejoicing. Here is how the ancients said all this in four words: “God cuts the thread.”
We have seen a fire of sticks burn out. The fire now burns in some other place. Where? Who knows? These brands are burnt out.
From Lao Tzu’s Wake, Chuang Tzu
Attain to the goal of absolute vacuity;
Keep to the state of perfect peace.
All things come into existence,
And thence we see them return.
Look at the things that have been flourishing;
Each goes back to its origin.
Going back to the origin is called peace;
It means reversion to destiny.
Reversion to destiny is called eternity.
He who knows eternity is called enlightened.
He who does not know eternity is running blindly into miseries.
Knowing eternity he is all-embracing.
Being all-embracing he can attain magnanimity.
Being magnanimous he can attain omnipresence.
Being omnipresent he can attain supremacy.
Being supreme he can attain Tao.
He who attains Tao is everlasting.
Though his body may decay he never perishes.
Lao Tse, Tao Te Ching, Chapter XVI
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