trying to take the place of god

this is how it ends

 

If people don’t love life,

they won’t fear death, and threatening

them with it won’t work. If people have lives worth

living, then the threat of death is meaningful,

and they’ll do what is right

to avoid it.

 

Killing

should be the province

of the great executioner alone.

Trying to take his place and kill is like

cutting wood in the place of the

master carpenter: chances

are you’ll hurt your

own hand.

 

The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 74

 

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all things are nonabiding

“i’m so grateful for having known him”

 

All things are set

on a nonabiding basis. The nonabiding basis is

based on nonabiding. If you can reach a thorough understanding

of this, then all things are One Suchness, and you cannot

find even the slightest signs

of abiding. 

 

The whole of

your present activities and behavior

is nonabiding. Once the basis is clear to you,

it will be like having eyes: the sun is shining brightly,

and you can see all kinds of colors and

forms. Isn’t this the mainspring of

transcendent wisdom?

 

Yongjia said,

“Without leaving wherever you are,

there is constant clarity.” No words come closer

to the truth than these. If you start seeking, then we know

that you are unable to see. Just cut off any duality between

“wherever you are” and “constant clarity,” and make

yourself peaceful and serene. Avoid concocting

intellectual understanding and seeking.

As soon as you seek, it is like

grasping at shadows.

 

Yuanwu

 

cling to what is calm and good

disengage from negative feelings

 

Your ego

is unsatisfied with

the path of correctness.

However, to strive out of desire

or despair will bring misfortune.

Cling to what is calm and good

no matter what others do,

and allow the Creative

to work in its

own time.

 

first changing line

from The I Ching, or Book of Changes

Hexagram 36, Ming I / Darkening of the Light

 

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do not waste even a moment of time

danielle sassoon’s american bravery

 

The days and months go by

like lightning: we should value the time.

We pass from life to death in the time it takes to breathe

in and breathe out: it’s hard to guarantee even a

morning and an evening.

 

Whether walking, standing,

sitting, or lying down, do not waste even

a moment of time. Become ever

braver and bolder.

 

Be like our

original teacher Shakyamuni,

who kept on progressing

energetically.

 

T’aego Pou