The Way of Chuang Tzu, Thomas Merton:
Fishes are born in water
Man is born in Tao.
If fishes, born in water,
Seek the deep shadow
Of pond and pool,
All their needs
Are satisfied.
If man, born in Tao,
Sinks into the deep shadow
Of non-action
To forget aggression and concern,
He lacks nothing
His life is secure.
Moral: “All the fish needs
Is to get lost in water.
All man needs is to get lost
In Tao.
”Merton, Thomas. The Way of Chuang Tzu (Second Edition) (S.65). New Directions. Kindle-Version.
From the OM By The Beach Archive