Christ the Eternal Tao: Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Seventeen from the book 'Christ the Eternal Tao' by Hieromonk Damascene.
Text:
"The Way continuously creates," said the Ancient Sage,
"And the Power of the Way nourishes, enlarges, feeds, completes, matures, cherishes and broods over all things.
The Way creates, but does not demand for itself;
Acts, but is not boastful;
Controls, but without compulsion.
This may be called the mystery of the Power of the Way.
The ten thousand things all honor the Way and respect its Power,
But without demand or orders."
When the Way came to earth, quietly, under the cloak of flesh,
He did not demand respect,
Nor was He wont to reveal His true Name,
A Name worthy of all honor.
He left it to those whom He had made to utter His Name:
Word of the Mind, Son of the Father, Son of the living God.
Hiding His glory in the deep pools of the Valley,
He called Himself rather "the least in the Kingdom of Heaven" and "the Son of Man."
For He had made Himself the son, the offspring of His own offspring,
Lowering Himself beneath man who had falsely exalted himself.
Thus He to Whom the ten thousand things give honor and respect
Gave honor to His one disobedient child, Man,
As a child gives honor to his parent.