Attain the center of emptiness,
Preserve the utmost quiet;
As myriad things act in concert,
I thereby observe the return.
Things flourish,
Then each returns to its root.
Returning to the root
Is called stillness:
Stillness is called return to Life,
Return to Life is called the constant;
Knowing the constant is called enlightenment.
- Tao-te Ching
Sages send their spirit
To the storehouse of awareness
And return to the beginning
Of the myriad things.
They look at the formless,
Listen to the soundless.
In the midst of profound
Darkness,
They alone see light;
In the midst of silent vastness,
They alone have
Illumination.
- Huai-nan-tzu
@rookie54 saidGlory... I'm taking that. In my own autistic way. Lol
Don’t seek fame or fortune,
Glory or prosperity.
Just pass this life as it is,
According to circumstances.
When the breath is gone,
Who is in charge?
After the death of the body,
There is only an empty name.
How long can a phantom like
Body last?
- Tung-shan (807-869)
Sages lean on a pillar
That is never shaken,
Travel a road that is
Never blocked, are
Endowed from a
Resource that is never
Exhausted, and learn
From a teacher that
Never dies.
They are successful
In whatever they undertake,
And arrive wherever they go.
Whatever they do, they
Embrace destiny and go along
Without confusion.
- Wen-tzu
Those who are known
As real people
Are united in essence
With the Way,
So they have endowments, yet
Appear to have none;
They are full, yet
Appear to be empty.
They govern the inside,
Not the outside.
Clear and pure, utterly plain,
They do not contrive
Artificialities but return
To simplicity.
- Lao tzu
@divegeester saidthere are times i question my reading list because i sense repetition creeping in and stasis forming
@rookie54
Can I ask you a serious honest question please.
Are you really into this stuff and if so why?
Two questions 😄
Edit: I’ve got nothing against it btw.
however (he caveated sweetly) there are times, usually random, sometimes lunar influenced, that i can draw a line from the admonitions to my own personal behavior and this i count as growth
those times are gravity to my mass and i am captured
altho brief, and prolly incomplete, i hope this covers both yer questions