Christ the Eternal Tao: Chapter Eight

Chapter Eight from the book 'Christ the Eternal Tao' by Hieromonk Damascene.
Text:
"Once there was a time," said the Ancient Sage,
"When all things became harmonized through the One:
The heavens receiving the One became clear;
The earth receiving the One became calm;
Spirits receiving the One became divine;
All things receiving the One began to live.
Without the One to make clear, the heavens would be rent;
Without the One to give calm, the earth would dissolve;
Without the One to make full, the valleys would be exhausted;
Without the One to give life, all nature would suffer decease."
"The Three produces all things," said the Ancient Sage,
Yet "all things became harmonized through the One."
The Three, being One in love, creates as One,
And thus it is Love that creates and sustains life.
This creation of the world by Love, in the Unity of the Three,
Is the mystery of the world’s Original Harmony.