Any activity or
occupation can be your practice.
As you go about what you do, simply detach
your mind from its objects. Opening
to emptiness in an alert state,
you become One
with what
is.
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In order to
be a proper teacher to
oneself, one must be part midwife,
part executioner: sometimes rebirthing oneself,
sometimes annihilating and leaving useless bits by the
wayside, until the self soars free and clear of
attachment, obstruction, and delusion
and joins all buddhas past,
present, and
future.
Then one
can stop fracturing
reality with names and ideas
of self, other, buddha,
enlightenment,
and so on.
There,
beyond definitions
and beyond mind, reality
flows like pure
water.
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Laugh.
Laughter is immeasurable.
Be joyful though you have considered
all the facts. So long as women do
not go cheap for power, please
women more than
men.
Fleeting time
and the changes of matter
make all the kings of the earth but
transitory kings, ruling over transitory kingdoms;
this is because of their dependence upon their environment
instead of their imagination. But the kingship of the dervish,
independent of all external influences, based purely on
his mental perception and strengthened by the forces
of his will, is much truer and at once unlimited
and everlasting. Yet in the materialistic view
his kingdom would appear as nothing,
while in the spiritual conception
it is an immortal and
exquisite realm
of joy.
The
hexagram Lin
signals the approach of
powerful beneficial influences.
Just as the winter solstice heralds the
return of spring, the appearance of this hexagram
marks a similar movement toward light and
growth. Progress and success are
assured now to those who
persevere on the path
of truth.
To
maximize
the opportunity implicit
in this moment, it is important to
cultivate a proper attitude. It is easy, during
good times, to relax our inner discipline and fall back
into incorrect thoughts and actions. Allowing one’s ego to take
over in a moment of success is a sure means of ending the
progress that has begun. The growth that is at hand
was made possible by conscientious behavior,
and continuing carefully along that path
is our only means of coming
into full possession
of it.
A
steadfast
modesty and acceptance,
whether external conditions are good
or bad, is the mark of the superior person.
In yourself, maintain balance, equanimity, and
humility in times of accomplishment. With
others, remain patient, tolerant, and
gentle. Clinging to those principles
assures you of a time of joy
and prosperity.
from The I Ching, or Book of Changes
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