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CRP10 - 190 One universal flow of cause and effect, take care of our body, notice the flow, do good in moments

All forms of life are guided by it, though they do not know it.

Attend to your body, concentrate upon the One, and the perfect harmony of Heaven will be yours.

Rein in your understanding, unify your stance and the spirit will dwell in you. The Tao will be your dwelling place. You will seem like anew-born calf and you won't try to understand the reason why.

Not inclined to pursue questions. Obscure, obscure, deeply dark, heartless, no advice forthcoming.

Life is not yours to have, it is the combining harmony of Heaven and Earth. Your innate nature and destiny are not yours to have, they are constructs given you by Heaven and Earth.

This section re-emphasises the philosophical perspective that there is one universal flow of cause and effect, a constant and endless chain of changes.

We think we are free to think and choose but this is a delusion. We are the effects of change and we are unwitting and unaware causes of change. Everything we think, say and do is caused by external events or past experiences. This is an automatic process, not a freely considered and chosen one.

What is advised is to take care of our body. That we have the potential to do.

We are also advised to reflect on our life as a part of the one, universal flow, notice it happening inside us and around us, and try to be at peace with this greater reality as we come to understand it more fully.

We are next advised to be less influenced by our knowledge-based learning, and to stop adding to it. Instead, learn about the flow, through observation and concentration/focus on it. We can then live our lives knowingly within that flow, and therefore less perturbed and afflicted by the inevitable downsides that life brings with it. This will bring you peace and quiet stability.

We therefore change as a result of perceiving reality this way. We stop searching for answers and solutions, accept things more, and judge and advise much less. This may seem heartless and enigmatic to others but that's because they are going with the deep conditioned flow of our culture.

Life is not ours to freely live, but rather a chance series of events which, if we recognise this and accept it, we can enjoy a perfectly happy, quiet, simple and peaceful life without strain, stress, and frustration.   

 

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