At the still point of the turning world ,
neither flesh nor fleshless ;

neither from nor towards ;
at the still point , 
there the dance is ,
but neither arrest nor movement .
And do not call it 
fixity ,
where past and future are gathered .
Neither movement from nor towards ,
neither ascend nor decline . Except for the point ,
the still point ,
there would be no dance - and there is only
the dance .
 

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