一 yī one
My own paraphrase of the same passage:
Can you bring body and spirit
together in wholeness?
Can you center yourself
and become as a child?
Can you cleanse your inner vision
until you can see without distortion?
Can you love and lead
without manipulation?
When heaven moves upon you
can you give yourself to it?
Can you be farsighted
seeing without prejudice?
Henricks' translation:
In nourishing the soul and embracing the one -
can you do it without letting them leave?
In concentrating your breath and making it soft -
can you make it like that of a child?
In cultivating and cleaning your profound mirror -
can you do it so that it has no blemish?
In loving people and giving life to the state -
can you do it without using knowledge?
In opening and closing the gates of heaven -
can you play the part of the female?
In understanding all within the four reaches -
can you do it without using knowledge?
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