When people

lose sight of the tao, codes

of morality and justice

are created.

When cleverness

and strategies are in use,

hypocrites are everywhere. When

families forego natural harmony, parents

become pious and children

become dutiful.

When the nation

is reigned by darkness,

patriotic advisers

abound.

from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 18

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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.

Lalla

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.

Anouar Majid

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.

Stephen Batchelor

Evening

and nighttime are

times of rest for cultivated people.

Accordingly you should withdraw into the

chamber of spirit and embrace oneness without

parting. Since there are no worldly feelings enveloping

you, neither is there an original sublime truth —

when you are like a dead man for the time

being, that is called great rest. After you

get to the point of dreaming and

sleeping without becoming

muddled, you see the

effect of mastering

seriousness.

Then

the following morning

is the time for the cultured person’s

“daily renewal”. Accordingly, you should rise

early and daily seek what you have yet to attain,

with the determination to do ten times or a hundred

times what others do. The days become months, the months

become years; those who study without question of how

long it takes, be it three years or five years, never

fail to reach sagehood. When you are mindful

at every moment, nurturing it with each

breath, the work is never interrupted;

perfected day after day and month

after month, learning will

shine with light.

The Cultivator of Realization