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the soft overcomes the hard

wei wu wei

 

The soft

overcomes the hard in the

world as a gentle rider controls

a galloping horse. That without

substance can penetrate where

there is no space. By these I

know the benefit of

non-action.

 

Teaching

without words,

working without effort —

nothing in the world

can compare with

them.

 

from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 43

 

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the wise person puts himself last

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Heaven is

eternal, earth everlasting.

They endure this way because

they do not live for

themselves.

 

In the same way,

the wise person puts himself

last, and thereby finds himself first;

holds himself outside, and thereby

remains at the center; abandons

himself, and is thereby

fulfilled.

 

Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu

Chapter 7

 

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the tao of heaven is impartial

todd bretl

 

In the

reconciling of resentments, 

ill will often lingers. What’s the good

in that? The person who is truly good concerns

herself with what she owes others, never

with what they owe her. The tao of

heaven is impartial. If you

perpetuate it, it

perpetuates

you. 

 

from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 79

 

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the lame goat finds herself in front

stefano zocca

 

Thought of worldly things

is an enemy to the sweetness of spiritual

consciousness. Silence your thoughts. Bewilder

yourself with God. Your mind will fall away

and your heart will open.

 

Forwardness in worldly

ways is backwardness in reality.

When the herd turns back toward God,

its leaders end up in the rear! The lame goat

that was hindmost finds herself in front, and the

ones who worried about her are ecstatic now.

How do saints and prophets get to

be  that way? By breaking

their own legs.

 

They make themselves

lame by renouncing expertise in

the ways of the world. Understanding that

it’s not the way home, they wash their hearts clean

of such knowledge. If you want to reach heaven,

follow the branches that lead to that root.  

Be the lame goat here, and

lead the herd home.

 

Jalal al-Din Rumi