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Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.

Zhuangzi

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

Forget Heart Right
Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
ZHUANGZI

Beyond Dependent Honor Knowledge Lying Man
If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
ZHUANGZI

Calm Mindset Water
If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.
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Heart Insight Intellectual Knowledge Pierce
Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise later.
ZHUANGZI

Cloud Follow Heaven Light Understand Wisdom Yourself
So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said, those who lose themselves in their desire for things also lose their innate nature by being vulgar.
ZHUANGZI

Desire Fade Happiness Loss Nature Vulgar Worth
Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
ZHUANGZI

Break Greatness Knowledge Oneself Small
When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
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Action Transformation Word World
The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.
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Greatness Mindset Person Tragedy
He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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Activity Himself Live Nature
The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.
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Attention Enlightenment Equality Mirror Respond Welcome
Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
ZHUANGZI

Course Flow Infinity Mindset Purity Simplicity Yourself
Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
ZHUANGZI

Establishment Fact Right Word Yourself
Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels. Such is the real nature of horses.
ZHUANGZI

Animal Drink Hairs Horse Nature Protection Reality Skin
The Tao is in all things, in their divisions and their fullness. What I dislike about divisions is that they multiply, and what i dislike about multiplication is that it makes people want to hold fast to it. So people go out and forget to return, seeing little more than ghosts.
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Division Fast Forget Hold People Return See
True men” are strong willed, have dignity in their demeanor, serenity in their expression. They are cool like autumn, warm like spring. Their passions arise like the four seasons, in harmony with the ten thousand creatures, and no one knows their limits.
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Creature Dignity Expression Harmony Inspirational Man Passion Peace Season Strong True Warm

Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.

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