“Can you coax your mind from its wandering and keep to the original Oneness?
Can you let your body become supple as a new-born child's?
Can you cleanse your inner vision until you see nothing but the Light?
Can you love people and lead them without imposing your will?
Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course?
Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things?
Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing,
acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control:
this is the supreme virtue.”
Lao Tsu, Tao te Ching.
Silence that is true eloquence, simplicity that is the highest wisdom,
Emptiness that is perfect fullness, stillness that is the power behind all movement -
These are all qualities of the Tao.
It is that omnipotent Grace that is more compassionate than a thousand mothers.
It is that sublime, transcendent presence that is the supreme Spirit.
All the beauty of creation, the awe-inspiring mysteries of the cosmos, the perfection of Nature – these provide evidence of the blossoming of Tao.
Therefore the sage is humble, simple, tranquil and still.
Being mindless, he is at one with Tao.
Being at one with Tao, he is the very embodiment of unconditional, universal love.
This is what makes him greater than all the emperors.
“The Self that is subtler than the subtle and greater than the great is seated in the heart of every creature. One who is free from desire, through the tranquillity of the mind and senses, sees the glory of the Self and becomes absolved from grief.” – Katha Upanishad
“ What is there is for me to do and where am I to go, what am I to accept and what am I to discard, since I pervade the entire universe like the waters of the final deluge?” The Mahavakya Ratnamala
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