No mud, no
lotus.
cut off talking and thinking
Banish existence
and you fall into existence; follow emptiness
and you turn your back on it. Excessive talking and thinking
turn you from harmony with the Way. Cut off talking
and thinking, and there is nowhere
you cannot penetrate.
purify yourself
Turn the caldron
of your self upside down and pour
out what is inferior. By purifying yourself
of bad habits and attitudes now you
make possible outstanding
achievements.
first changing line,
from The I Ching, or Book of Changes
Hexagram 50, Ting / The Caldron
(full text here)
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let your heart open
In the springtime,
thousands of different kinds of flowers
bloom. Your heart can also bloom. You can let your
heart open up to the world. Love is possible — do not be afraid
of it. Love is indispensable to life, and if in the past you
have suffered because of love, you can
learn to love again.
you are your own teacher
Every instance
of recognizing a teacher
is an authorization of spiritual power.
The most important one of these, and the only
absolutely necessary one on the way to
complete realization, is recognizing
yourself as your own
teacher.
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