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Lessons from the Book of Chuang Tzu - Part 6

Sleep the sleep of innocence and awake in calm collectedness

"I wish to ask you about governing everything under Heaven." "Get lost! What an unpleasant question! I ride the bird of ease and emptiness and go beyond the compass of the world and wander in the land of nowhere and the region of nothing."

Let your heart journey in simplicity. Be one with that which is beyond definition. Let things be what they are. Have no personal views.

His work affects all under Heaven, yet he seems to do nothing.

There in no fame or glory for him but everything fulfils itself.

In the midst of everything he remained enclosed with the One and that is how he remained until the end.

Do not hanker for fame

Do not make plans

Do not try to do things

Do not try to master knowledge

Work with all that comes from Heaven, but do not seek to hold it.

Just be empty

The wise person's heart does not seek knowledge, just responds. As a result he can handle weverything.

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