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weapons turn on their wielders


 

Those

who wish to use

Tao to influence others 

don’t rely on force or weapons

or military strategies. Force rebounds. 

Weapons turn on their wielders. 

Battles are inevitably

followed by

famines. 

 

Just do

what needs to be done,

and then stop. Attain your purpose,

but don’t press your advantage. Be resolute,

but don’t force. Succeed, but don’t

crow. Accomplish, but don’t

overpower. 

 

Overdoing

things invites decay, 

and this is against Tao. 

Whatever is against

Tao soon ceases

to be.

 

Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 30


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don’t stay in the mind

open heart, free of desire

 

Meditate

within eternity.

Don’t stay in the mind.

Your thoughts are like a child

fretting near its mother’s breast,

restless and afraid, who with a

little guidance can find the

path of courage.

 

Lalla

 

camila massu

 

Abandonment

of self is freedom from desire.

Freedom from desire is freedom from distress.

No this, no that — just exquisite

emptiness.

 

Wei wu Wei Ching, Chapter 31

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transcend ordinary conventions


 

Just

detach from thoughts

and cut off sentiments and transcend

the ordinary conventions. Use your own inherent

power and take up its great capacity and great wisdom right

where you are. It is like letting go when you are hanging

from a mile-high cliff, releasing your body

and not relying on anything

anymore.

 

Yuanwu

zen letters

 

enlightenment is right where you stand

in harmony with the sage

 

Your

enlightenment

is right where you stand.

Look outside yourself no longer.

Dissolve your false understandings

completely and accept the

reality that mastery

is yours to

embody.

 
 

Wei wu Wei Ching, Chapter 14

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the necessity of adversity

what is always present

 

A true change of

heart  is possible when we accept the

necessity of adversity. Peace comes when

we discontinue the strivings

of the ego.

 

fifth changing line

from The I Ching, or Book of Changes

Hexagram 30, Li / The Clinging (Fire)

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