Six - The Valley Spirit - Tao as Mother
I really love this formulation for the Tao: The Valley Spirit. I think it perfectly captures the meaning Lao Tsu wishes to relate in this chapter, both the idea of the pregnant void and the feminine spirit of motherhood. All of Being passes through this mysterious cosmic vagina - “the Mysterious Female Gateway.” The metaphor is is both apt and striking. The Tao is the Mother of us all. The ten thousand things hint at it, but we see it as though through a thin veil. The Valley Spirit is always there for us to draw upon, perpetually replenished.