Explanation Of The Tao Te Ching Part Forty Three 

“The softest thing in the universe
Overcomes the hardest thing in the universe.
That without substance can enter where there is no room.
Hence I know the value of non-action. 

Teaching without words and work without doing
Are understood by very few.”

This is deep and profound. The hardest, loudest and most active things and people won’t even see or hear the still, soft and quiet, who are able to work under the radar.

Not doing something is also doing something and the results often make people think that they did it by themselves, when we don’t know what to do, by not doing anything the situation can either resolve itself or is better guided later by the softest touch.

Teaching without words is direct transmission and allowing others to unfold in their own way is letting the universe work its own magic.