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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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a power greater than any other

careful, fellas

 

Inside,

the strength of

simplicity and self-knowledge.

Outside, the beauty of

acceptance and

gentleness.

 

This hexagram encourages you to cultivate a quality of grace in your relationships and in your general way of being. In this way you gain a power greater than any other to open a way through obstructions in your dealings with others. Good fortune is yours if you concentrate on bringing more grace to your thoughts and actions now.

It is human nature to want to use forceful ways to try to get what we want from others and from life. Our egos encourage us to act aggressively, to speak boldly, to intimidate others, to “buffalo” our way through difficult situations. This false power can be momentarily satisfying to our ego, and temporary victories can be won in this way, but genuine power and lasting progress come from a different kind of strength altogether.

They come from inner strength, which is characterized by a steadfast devotion to the principles of humility, simplicity, equanimity, and acceptance. By gradually letting go of the vain, bullying energy of the ego and accepting the quiet guidance of the Higher Power, one acquires the substance that makes ongoing good fortune a possibility.

This is a time to relinquish self-important maneuvering. Instead, return to stillness and contemplate the inherent wisdom of the principles of the Sage. By practicing quiet strength within and gentle acceptance without, you acquire a grace that dissolves all barriers to progress.
 

The I Ching, or Book of Changes

Hexagram 22, Pi / Grace

to still the mind

 

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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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