Allow your
heart to go out and
abide in things. Allow things
to return and abide in
your heart.
Allow your
heart to go out and
abide in things. Allow things
to return and abide in
your heart.
One
must recognize the
source of one’s power in order to
maintain it. When your ego takes credit for
progress, misfortune follows. When you
acknowledge the help of the
Sage, good fortune
continues.
The general
who advances without
coveting fame, who retreats without
being ashamed, whose concern is to keep the
people safe and honor the sovereign —
she will be the treasure
of the nation.
from The Art of War, Chapter X
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Be quiet
in your mind,
quiet in your senses,
and also quiet in your body.
Then, when all these are quiet,
don’t do anything. In that
state truth will reveal
itself to you.
What lies
outside my mind
is of no concern to it.
If you could learn this lesson,
you’d be standing straight.
You can come back
to life.