I am

always the student.

I love to be in that position,

bowing, listening, at the feet of all

that I see. This doesn’t require an open mind:

it is the open mind. It never has to take responsibility

for knowing or for not knowing. It receives everything without

defense, without judgment, since judgment would cost it everything

it is. The moment you think you’re someone or you think you have

something to teach, the inner world freezes and becomes

the realm of illusion. That’s what it costs when you

identify yourself as the person who knows.

It’s a concoction of mind. You shrink

down into the teacher:

limited, separate,

stuck.

 

Byron Katie

nine bows

 

 

In

the spring,

at the end of the day,

you should smell

like dirt.

 

Margaret Atwood

 

 

In this

world of ours,

what good does it do for

you to have the praise of others?

For blossoms, the winds of

spring; for the moon,

floating clouds.

 

Shotetsu 

 

 

The

greatest virtue is

to follow Tao, and only Tao.

You might say, “But Tao is elusive!

Evasive! Mysterious! Dark!

How can one follow

that?”

 

By

following this:

Out of silent subtle mystery

emerge images. These images coalesce

into forms. Within each form is contained

the seed and essence of life. Thus do

all things emerge and expand

out of darkness and

emptiness.

 

Because

its essence is real

and evident in the origins

of all things, the name of the

Tao has survived since

the beginning of

time.

 

How can you be at one with it?

Simply by looking inside.

 

from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 21

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To the

ordinary person,

the body of humanity seems

vast. In truth, it is neither

bigger nor smaller than

anything else.

 

To the

ordinary person,

there are others whose awareness

needs raising. In truth, there is no self,

and no other. To the ordinary person,

the temple is sacred and the field

is not. This, too, is a dualism

which runs counter to

the truth.

 

Those

who are highly evolved

maintain an undiscriminating

perception. Seeing everything, labeling

nothing, they maintain their awareness

of  the Great Oneness. Thus they

are supported

by it.

 

from Hua hu Ching, Chapter 19

 

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