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CRP6: 206 Live simply, in line with the flow of the universe

From the dirt you have life, and when the dirt is different in form it is called different. You try to express this difference in words though it is not a subject for words. But it is certain that this is not something you can understand.

We have fame and fortune, with people thinking they can determine what is really important. People think that they are the model of propriety and therefore try to make others see them like this, even to the point of dying for their views. They consider success as meaning they are famous.

Perfect behaviour does not discriminate amongst people. Perfect knowledge makes no plans.

Suppress the whims of the will and untie the mistakes of the heart. Unblock the flow of the Tao.

We distinguish between things but they are all really part of the one universal whole, which is a constant flow of change. It is hard to embed this in our minds and live out the consequences of what this means for us in everyday life, in terms of plans, hopes, work, politics, etc.

We deludedly think that the way to live life is to become rich, famous, "successful", but this is junk living. The quiet, peaceful, simple life is the truly successful life.

To not discriminate amongst people includes not dividing people into good and bad. eg. Hitler, Stalin, Mandela, Gandhi.

To make such massive reframings of the mind and how we perceive life requires us to manage the mind and especially our instinctive, biased, conditioned reactions to things. By doing so we live a liberated life within the wider unknowable flow of life.

So for me this means ending my addiction for news, for seeking recognition through poetry, writing and art, and instead find simple, focussed activities to replace these.

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