Although a human
activity may have a number of
complicated motives, some of which are
base and gross, it is the aspiration towards
divinity, the desire towards beauty,
which is its soul, its life,
and its reality.
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weapons are tools of evil
Weapons are tools of evil,
shunned and avoided by everything
in nature. Because people of tao follow
nature, they want nothing to
do with weapons.
Un-evolved people are eager
to act out of strength, but a person of tao
values peace and quiet. He knows that every being
is born of the womb of tao. This means that his
enemies are his enemies second, his own
brothers and sisters first.
Thus he resorts to weapons
only in the direst necessity, and then uses
them with utmost restraint. He takes no pleasure in victory,
because to rejoice in victory is to delight in killing.
Whoever delights in killing will not
find success in this world.
Observe victories as
you observe a death in the
family: with sorrow and mourning.
Every victory is a funeral
for kin.
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it’s simple to become a sage
It’s simple
to become a sage: all
that’s required is to burn up,
die, and cool into
ashes.
Rise early,
then, and set fire to
all you think and feel and
believe. Look beyond the smoke
of that pit into what is left:
emptiness filled with
emptiness.
Breathe it in.
Pour it out. Circulating
the Oneness without stopping,
endlessly renewing your determination,
working steadily day after day and
year upon year, you’ll find
yourself alert, rested,
illuminated.
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be done with knowing
Be done
with knowing and
your worries will disappear.
How much difference is there between
yes and no? How much distinction between
good and evil? Fearing what others fear,
admiring what they admire —
nonsense.
Conventional
people are jolly and reckless,
feasting on worldly things and carrying on
as though every day were the beginning of spring.
I alone remain uncommitted, like an infant
who hasn’t yet smiled: lost, quietly
drifting, unattached to ideas
and places and
things.
Conventional
people hoard more than
they need, but I possess nothing
at all, know nothing at all,
understand nothing
at all.
They
are sharp; I am dull.
Like the sea, I am calm and
indifferent. Like the wind I
have no particular
direction.
Everyone
else takes his place and
does his job; I alone remain wild
and natural and free. I am different
from the others; I drink
directly from the
Mother.
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pass freely into complete realization
No teacher
or master is in possession of
your enlightenment. Ultimately only
you can free yourself. Just shed your delusions
like a sweaty shirt and slip into the stream of
zen and tao, empty minded, quiet hearted,
at rest in the midst of everything
and at peace with all
that occurs.
Polish yourself
on your own over and over
until you disappear, and you’ll wake up
right where you are. You’ll see straight
through the snares of the world and
pass freely into complete
realization.
☯️
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