do your work, then quietly step back
When there is
a pleasant state, there is
an unpleasant state in contrast.
When there is a good situation, there
is one that is not good to replace it.
Only an ordinary, simple life
is a comfortable
nest.
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live simply and virtuously
What good
is it to spend your life
accumulating material things?
It isn’t in keeping with the Tao. What
benefit in conforming your behavior to someone’s
conventions? It violates your nature and dissipates
your energy. Why separate your spiritual life
and your practical life? To an integral
being, there is no such
distinction.
Live simply
and virtuously, true to
your nature, drawing no line
between what is spiritual and what is
not. Ignore time. Relinquish ideas and
concepts. Embrace the Oneness.
This is the Integral
Way.
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be one with the infinite
Let
your mind wander
in the pure and simple. Be one
with the infinite. Let all
things take their
course.
without being burdened
As for those who deal with
matters calmly and serenely, who are
in the midst of things without being burdened,
they are among those who have attained realization.
If you say you are unburdened without really
having attained it, you are really only
fooling yourself.
Treatise on Sitting Forgetting
he helps all beings become themselves
What has equilibrium
is easy to maintain. What hasn’t
begun is easy to plan. What is fragile
is easy to shatter. What is small
is easy to scatter.
Deal with things
before they arise. Cultivate
order before confusion
sets in.
The tallest tree
springs from a tiny shoot.
The tallest tower is built from a pile of
dirt. A journey of a thousand miles
begins at your feet.
Interfere with things,
and you’ll be defeated by them.
Hold on to things, and you’ll lose them.
The sage doesn’t interfere, so he
doesn’t fail; doesn’t hold on,
so he doesn’t lose.
Because projects
often come to ruin just before
completion, he takes as much care at
the end as he did at the beginning,
and thereby succeeds.
His only desire
is to be free of desire.
Fancying nothing, learning not
to know, electing not to interfere,
he helps all beings become
themselves.
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