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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle…
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Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled.…
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Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth;…
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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of…
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He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings…
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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I…
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What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven…
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Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a…
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The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to…
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Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the…
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The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not…
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Meditation is nothing but putting the mind aside, putting the mind out of the way, and bringing a witnessing which is always…
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Every individual has the potentiality to become enlightened in the course of this life or later existences
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To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something
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To become enlightened is not just to slip into some disconnected euphoria, an oceanic feeling of mystic oneness apart from ordinary reality.…
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Filling the conscious mind with ideal conceptions is a characteristic of Western theosophy, but not the confrontation with the Shadow and the…
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Further, if Spirit has any meaning at all, then it must be eternal, or without beginning or end. If Spirit had a…
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Overcoming fear is a critical factor for anyone who wishes to be really happy, or anyone who wishes to become enlightened
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Anybody or anything can become enlightened because enlightenment is the very nature of existence itself.
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Why become enlightened? Why join the military? Why get married? Why cross the ocean? It is a personal choice. There is something…
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