Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
LAOZIThe ego is entranced by … names and ideas… However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.
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Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.
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A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
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The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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