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Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.

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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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Deep Existence Forget Literature Meaning Poet Word Yourself
The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Occupy Sky Space Unity
Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.
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Complete Empty Full Religion Source
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
If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.
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Life Point Purpose
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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Earth Life Nature Return
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.
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Animal Drink Hairs Horse Nature Protection Reality Skin
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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Beginning Consistent Glow Greatness Heaven Point
Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it.
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Admire Judgement Man Strength Walk Way
Look at this window: it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full of light. So when the faculties are empty, the heart is full of light.
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Empty Heart Light Room Window
Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.
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Acceptance Man Object Reality Rejoice Tolerance World
True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.
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Clear Precise Shallow True Understand Wisdom Word
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
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
The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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Complication Confusion Effect Existence Forget Life Obsession Ourselves Society
The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
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Hide Himself Man Perfection Person Respect Sight

Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.

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