Without Aspriration Towards...
The man in whom Tao
Acts without impediment
Does not bother with his own interests
And does not despise
Others who do.
He does not struggle to make money
And does not make a virture of poverty.
He goes his way
Without relying on others
And does not pride himself
On walking alone.
While he does not follow the crowd
He won't complain of those who do.
Rank and reward
Make no appeal to him;
Disgrace and shame
Do not deter him.
He is not always looking
For right and wrong
Always deciding "Yes" or "No."
--Thomas Merton
The Way of Chuang Tzu
Acts without impediment
Does not bother with his own interests
And does not despise
Others who do.
He does not struggle to make money
And does not make a virture of poverty.
He goes his way
Without relying on others
And does not pride himself
On walking alone.
While he does not follow the crowd
He won't complain of those who do.
Rank and reward
Make no appeal to him;
Disgrace and shame
Do not deter him.
He is not always looking
For right and wrong
Always deciding "Yes" or "No."
--Thomas Merton
The Way of Chuang Tzu
posted by J.B.P. at 8:22 PM
2 Comments:
amen
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Indeed, the Tao is acting on us all-each to a degree of perfection...there are no flaws in our cut, simply the falling away of the excess revealing our diamond-self which has always been.
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