Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear?
("Tao Te Ching")
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It reverts to nothingness. This is called shape without shape, Form without object. It is The Vague and Elusive.
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Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery.
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