Heaven and earth last forever. The reason why heaven and earth last forever is that they do not live for themselves. Hence, they last forever. Therefore, the True Person leaves self behind and thus is found in front, is not guarded and thus is preserved, is self-free and thus is able to find fulfilment. When [...]
The Tao is called the Great Mother: empty yet inexhaustible, It gives birth to infinite worlds. It is always present within you, like a veil, barely seen. Let It use you any way It wants! In some ways this short chapter of the Tao Te Ching was the most difficult, to date, upon which [...]
The Nature Of Heaven And Earth! Heaven and earth are ruthless; They see the ten thousand things as dummies. Descartes said: “I think, therefore I am.” He held that the mind was real but the body was an automaton. He believed that we are our minds, or individual egos, and we own our bodies. When [...]
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