All craving or hatred
is forgetfulness of life. When accumulated
illusions are not cleared up, they interfere with perception
of the Way. This is why we need to give up cravings and abide in
nothingness, so that we have a basis for gradual clarification.
If we look back at our former cravings after that,
then we will naturally find them
unappealing…
If you still the body and quiet
the mind, myriad illnesses
will all vanish.
Treatise on Sitting Forgetting
Day will
be erased in night.
The ground’s surface will
extend outward. The new moon
will be swallowed in eclipse, and
the mind in meditation will be
completely absorbed by
the Void inside it.
In governing
people and serving heaven,
there is nothing better
than moderation.
To be moderate is to
follow tao without straying.
To follow tao without straying
is to become filled with good energy.
To be filled with good energy is to
overcome all things. To overcome
all things is to know that all
things are possible.
She who
knows that all things
are possible is fit to govern people.
Because she is one with the mother,
her roots go deep, her foundation
stands firm, her life lasts long,
her vision endures.
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The
divine is
the experience of being
part of one’s natural environment,
vibrating with its energy, connected to all,
without having to erect imaginary
boundaries between the
self and the
other.
Solitude is an art.
Mental training is needed to refine
and stabilize it. When you practice solitude,
you dedicate yourself to the
care of the soul.