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Lu Joey
@joeylu
The Sage puts his own views behind so ends up ahead He stays a witness to life so he endures What could he grab for that he does not already have? What could he do for himself that the universe itself has not already done?
Lao Tzu • Tao Te Ching: The New Translation from Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition (Tarcher Cornerstone Editions)
Hugo Baillie
@huwu
SUNG CH’ANG-HSING says, “Other creatures follow their natures without creating chaos or disaster. They change by themselves without seeking change. People, meanwhile, race through the realm of existence and never know a quiet moment. They abandon their original innocence and don’t practice the true Tao of doing nothing. They don’t care about their
... See moreRed Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
A little jackdaw, who dresses himself up in fine feathers as a grand peacock, is rejected as an imposter by the peacocks and rejected again, this time as a bird getting above himself, when he tries to return to the jackdaws. It is the Trimalchio story in a very different guise and from a very different point of view.
Mary Beard • SPQR
Jack Kornfield tells the story of a particular evening when Hob was giving a Buddhist dharma talk. One evening, however, he found himself standing before a meditation group having forgotten who he was and why he was there. So he simply began to mindfully acknowledge out loud his experiences: “blank mind … curiosity, nervousness, calming, blank
... See moreFrank Ostaseski • The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully
Zhang Ning He
@zdawg
Big Scrub
Jeremy P • 4 cards