The Second Book of the Tao

She lets the confused stay confused if that is what they want and is always available to those with a passion for the truth.

Once you realize what you are, there’s nothing left but gratitude and laughter.

The Master doesn’t interfere in other people’s lives. Why would he? He knows that he doesn’t know what’s best for the world, or even for himself. He leaves the gold hidden in the mountains, because he doesn’t need it on his wrist or around his wife’s neck or in the bank. Yes, he could buy pickaxes and hire ten villages of dwarfs, but he realizes th

The mind at peace with itself needs only what it has, wants only what it is.

There may be a lot that needs fixing, but there’s nothing out there to fix.

There is no beginning of time, only a beginning of thought. It arises from the I, the subtlest thought of all, which splits reality down the middle, creating this and that, inner and outer, and all the other mirrored 0’s and 1’s that make up this apparent universe. Then, suddenly, one fine day, mind realizes that it knows nothing, that it is nothin

there’s a radiance about people who have settled into the depths of not-knowing. You can see it in their eyes. It doesn’t depend on what happens or doesn’t happen. They have found the inexhaustible treasure, in the most obvious place of all.

It’s all about paying attention to what is happening within our innermost self, until the unseen, the unquestioned, is as obvious as the seen. When the mind is free of its thoughts, it becomes its own fulfillment.

Whatever the self describes, describes the self.