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When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.

Zhuangzi

Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
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Course Flow Infinity Mindset Purity Simplicity Yourself
Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
ZHUANGZI

Cherish Curse Knowledge Yourself
Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
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Artificial Destiny Fame Natural Sacrifice Virtue
You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.
ZHUANGZI

Creature Ocean Season Summer Talk Yourself
I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.
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Listening Reckless Talk Try Word Yourself
Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.
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Infinite Knowledge Life
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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Earth Life Nature Return
Birth is not the beginning, Death is not the end.
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Beginning Born Death End
When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
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Complete Identify Spirituality Yourself
But you now, you wear your soul on your sleeve, exhausting your energy, propping yourself up on a tree, mumbling, or bent over your desk, asleep. Heaven gives you a form and you wear it out by pointless argument.
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Argument Energy Exhaust Form Heaven Point Soul Tree
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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Education Form Low Punishment Reward
He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
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Himself Infinite Nature Oneself Regard Whole
If one is true to one’s inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
ZHUANGZI

Deep Follow Teacher True Wisdom
We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
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Gradual Opinion Ourselves Perspective Point View
There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the heart from caring too greatly.
ZHUANGZI

Clear Dangerous Eyes Greatness Heart Sharp
To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one’s true nature. Realization of one’s true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.
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Constant Happiness Nature Oneself Perfection Realize

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