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Stop thinking and end your problems. What difference between yes or no? What difference between success and failure? Must you value what they value? How ridiculous! Other people are excited as though they were at a parade. I alone don't care. I alone am expressionless like and infant before it can smile. Other people have what they need. I alone possess nothing. I alone drift about like someone without a home. I am like and idiot, my mind is so empty. Other people are bright, I alone am dark.
Other people are sharp, I alone am dull. Other people have a purpose, I alone don't know. I drift like a wave on the ocean. I blow as aimless as the wind. I am different from ordinary people. I drink from the Great Mothers' breasts.
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The Master keeps her mind always at one with the Tao. That is what gives her her radiance. The Tao is ungraspable. How can her mind be at one with it? Because she doesn't cling to ideas. The Tao is dark and unfathomable. How can it make her radiant? Because she lets it. Since before time and space were - The Tao is. It is beyond IS and IS NOT. How do I know this is true? I look inside myself and see.
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If you want to become whole let yourself become partial. If you want to become straight let yourself become crooked. If you want to become full let yourself be empty. If you want to become reborn let yourself die. If you want to be given everything then give everything up. The Master by residing in the Tao sets an example for all beings because he doesn't display himself, people can see his light. Because he has nothing to prove, people can trust his words. Because he doesn't know who he is, people recognize themselves in him. Because has has no goal mind, everything he does succeeds. When the Ancient Masters said, "If you want to be given everything, give everything up." They weren't using empty phrases. Only in being lived by the Tao, can you truly be yourself.
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Express yourself completely then keep quiet. Be like the forces of nature. When it blows there is only wind. When it rains there is only rain. When the clouds pass the sun shines through. If you open yourself to insight you are at one with insight. And you can use it completely. If you open yourself to loss, you are at one with loss and you accept it completely. Open yourself to the Tao then trust your natural responses and everything will fall into place.
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He who stands on tip toe does not stand firm. He who rushes ahead does not go far. He who tries to shine dims his own light. He who defines himself can't know who he really is. He who has power over others can't empower himself. He who clings to his work will create nothing that endures. If you want to accord with the Tao just do your job and let go.
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There was something, formless, perfect before the universe was born. It is serene, empty, unchanging, infinitive, eternal, present. It is the Mother of the Universe. For lack of a better name - I call it the Tao. It flows
through all things inside and outside and returns to the origin of all things. The Tao is great. The Universe is great. Earth is great. Man is great. These are the four great powers. Man follows Earth, Earth follows Universe and the Universe follows the Tao. The Tao follows only itself.
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