Actionless action - this is what is approved by the scholar who retreats to the rivers and seas, who leaves this generation alone, who is in no hurry.
to lose everything and yet to have all; to drift calmly and endlessly... This is the Tao of Heaven and Earth.
The saying goes 'Calm, detachment, silence, quiet, emptiness and actionless action, these are what maintain Heaven and Earth, the Tao and Virtue (Te). The saying goes 'The sage rests, truly rests and is at ease.'
He ignores knowledge and nostalgia, following only the pattern of Heaven.
What is this advising us?
To do less, much less, as little as needed for a fulfilled and happy life.
To go to nature, be beside it, live beside it. To be by flowing water.
To minimise social contact.
To be in no rush, to take your time with everything.
To recognise that you need little to thrive, and that we probably need to get rid of vast amounts of things (and thoughts, memories, prejudices, opinions, etc)
To have no grand aims, but rather be satisfied and fulfilled with what is, with the basics of life, and deep connection with the flow of all existence.
These words should be our way of living: calm, detachment, silence, quiet, emptiness, actionless action, true rest, ease.
Ignore and let go of knowledge and memories, and plans too, preferring to accept and go with, the flow of all existence.
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