Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?
ZHUANGZIDo 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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The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
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Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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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.
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A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
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The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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When there is no more separation between ‘this’ and ‘that,’ it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.
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Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot be philosophized about. Knowing that knowing is unknowable is true perfection.
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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
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One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.
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He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
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When I talk about having good hearing, I don’t mean just listening, but listening to yourself. When I talk about good eyesight, I don’t mean just looking, but looking at yourself.
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