Behind all this,
some great happiness
is hiding.
The greatest
achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is
seeking to serve
others.
No want
is the greatest bliss.
It can be realized only by experience.
Even an emperor is no match
for a man with no
wants.
People of
the Way are quiet and
still, within and
without.
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Wear just
enough clothes to keep warm.
Eat only enough to stop the hunger-pang.
And as for your mind, let it work to recognize
who you are, and the Absolute, and that
this body will become food for
the forest crows.
It would be
understandable, this week,
if you looked around and decided that
the world as we know it is wholly irredeemable.
It would be understandable if you were tempted to give up hope.
If the present feels too awful to bear, it can be helpful to look to the past
or the future instead. There’s wisdom to be found in history; there’s
hope to be found in the futures that don’t exist, but might
someday. This isn’t a means of escapism, but
a way to find the strength to
keep going.