01. Origin

An elderly woman and a small child sat side by side.

As the woman spoke, she traced the ground with a stick, teaching the child something.

The child followed her example and drew the same shapes on the ground.

When the final shape was complete, the woman slowly embraced the child.

The child smiled and ran off happily.

The Tree Grows  
It descends into the earth and awakens toward the heavens.

The Mountain Towers  
It stands immense and watches over the silence.

The River Shapes  
Time shifts and moves onward with the current.

Fire Bursts Forth  
It burns away stagnation and turns heat into power.

Water Abides  
It gazes beneath the ripples and beyond the stillness.

The Moon Reflects  
It journeys through shadow and marks the rhythm.

Nature Is Ever-Moving  
Before intention, there is a stirring.

The Fields Align  
They balance the forces of the four directions and set the framework of the world in order.

The Mouth Parts  
It opens the closed gate and passes between worlds.

The Center Holds  
It joins the outer and the inner, standing at the heart of the world.

The Source Begins  
It clears the haze and reveals the core of the world.

The True Aligns  
It sweeps away obscuring thoughts and reveals a path through the world.

The Sun Rises  
It illuminates the darkness and restores light to the world.

Structure Reveals the World  
Intention appears through arrangement.

The Heart Becomes Script  
It lets a faint voice be heard within the closed soul.

Script Becomes Word  
It brings order to knowledge and weaves a new principle.

Word Becomes Light  
It imbues uttered sound with power and brings existence into order.

Light Becomes Sound  
It shines through the shadows of doubt and illuminates the hidden path.

Sound Becomes White  
It touches the formless and expands awareness into space.

White Becomes Heart  
It casts off all that clings and returns to a pure beginning.

Spirit Drifts  
Intention moves beneath silence.

The Human Is Six  
It dissolves intention and becomes one with the world.

The Hand Is Five  
It guides the human and grants the power to act.

Rain Is Four  
It moistens the hand and washes stagnation away.

The Insect Is Three  
It nurtures the raindrops and guides them toward great transformation.

The Eyes Are Two  
They bring insect and sky together and see through to the truth.

The Present Is One  
It releases past and future and beholds the present.

Life Is  
A trace of existence here.