To understand the limitation of things, desire them.
("Tao Te Ching")
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By steadily disciplining the animal nature, until it becomes one pointed, it is possible to establish conscious awareness of The Eternal.
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To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.
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The Way of Heaven does not compete, and yet it skillfully achieves victory.
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Chanting is no more holy than listening to the murmur of a stream, counting prayer beads no more sacred than simply breathing.... If you wish to attain oneness with the Tao, don't get caught up in spiritual superficialities.
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Most of the world's religions serve only to strengthen attachments to false concepts such as self and other, life and death, heaven and earth, and so on. Those who become entangled in these false ideas are prevented from perceiving the Integral Oneness.
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