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No Secret Tao

No Secret Tao

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Peter Banks
Mar 14, 2025
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Living is a struggle against an eternal plague.
It eats at man from deep within.
A quest for clarity on living, loving, dying without sin.
But all who struggle know the truth—they wear it on their skin.
There is no book of wisdom, no secret Tao;
No sacred cow, no holy shrine—
When Death comes seeking, we all must bow.
With sins so plentiful, we fall.
Yet we know a deeper truth:

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