Do not pursue
the outer conditions
nor dwell in the inner void.
Rest yourself in oneness with
things and all barriers
will disappear.
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the mother of the universe
Something mysterious
and perfect existed before even heaven
and earth were born. Silent, immeasurable,
standing alone and unchanging, moving
without end or exhaustion, it is the
mother of the known and
unknown universe.
I don’t know
its name, so I call it by an
alias: tao. Forced to describe
it, I only say, “It is
great.”
That which is great continues.
That which continues goes far.
That which goes far returns.
Therefore tao is great,
Heaven is great, earth is great,
a person of tao is great. These
are the four greatnesses
in the universe.
A person of tao follows earth.
Earth follows Heaven.
Heaven follows tao.
Tao follows its
own nature.
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be a lifeboat
Be a lamp,
a lifeboat, a ladder.
Help someone’s soul heal.
Walk out of your house
like a shepherd.
quietness is how tao functions
Returning to the root is
the movement of Tao.
Quietness is how
it functions.
The ten thousand things
are born of being.
Being is born of
emptiness.
from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,
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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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