SYLVAN

DELICACY
 
It is so clear:
it cannot be seen,
yet is ever-present.

It is so mild:
it seems to have no flavour,
yet is totally refreshing.

It is so light:

it seems insubstantial,

yet is fully satisfying.


So refined?
So undefined!

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As a philosophical or mystical concept, the 'properties' or 'powers' of Tao show a resemblance to those of
'The Philosophers Stone' or 'Universal Solvent' of alchemy, or to 'The Water of Life' in Christian symbolism.

These all use the metaphor of a unique and intangible substance which acts as a catalyst for transformation: 
especially of the 'base' into the 'refined', of the fallible into the perfect, or of the 'earthly' into the 'divine'.

UNITY