Remind
yourself every morning,
every morning, every morning:
“I’m going to do something. I’ve made a
commitment.” Not for yourself, but
beyond yourself. You belong to
the collective. Don’t go
wandering off or you
will perish.
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they see the divine in all forms
In the East,
when we speak of saints
or sages, it is not because of their
miracles, it is because of their presence
and their countenance which radiate vibrations
of love. How does this love express itself? In tolerance,
in forgiveness, in respect, in overlooking the faults of others.
Their sympathy covers the defects of others as if they were
their own; they forget their own interest in the interest
of others. They do not mind what conditions they are
in; be they high or humble, their foreheads are
smiling. To their eyes everyone is the
expression of the Beloved, whose
name they repeat. They see the
divine in all forms and
in all beings.
to eliminate the vexation of the mind
This is
the nature of the
unenlightened mind:
The sense organs, which are
limited in scope and ability, randomly
gather information. This partial information
is arranged into judgements, which are
based on previous judgements,
which are usually based on
someone else’s foolish
ideas.
These false concepts
and ideas are then stored in a
highly selective memory system. Distortion
upon distortion: the mental energy flows constantly
through contorted and inappropriate channels,
and the more one uses the mind,
the more confused one
becomes.
To eliminate
the vexation of the mind,
it doesn’t help to do something;
this only reinforces the mind’s mechanics.
Dissolving the mind is instead a matter of not-doing:
Simply avoid becoming attached to what you see and think.
Relinquish the notion that you are separated from
the all-knowing mind of the universe. Then you
can recover your original pure insight
and see through all
illusions.
Knowing nothing,
you will be aware of everything.
Remember: because clarity and enlightenment
are within your own nature, they are
regained without moving
an inch.
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all the myriad things make one whole
it’s gonna be okay honey bunny
All the myriad things
are neither opposed to nor contrary
to your true self. Directly pass through to
freedom and they make one whole.
It has been this way from time
without beginning.
The only problem
is when people put themselves
in opposition to it and spurn it and impose
orientations of grasping or rejecting, creating a
concern where there is none. This is
precisely why they are not
joyfully alive.
leave the way to the way
Every moment,
leave the Way to the Way
in order to express
the Way.
see also: i ching hexagram 20, kuan / contemplation
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