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> 162 quotes tagged "hua-hu-jing"
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Those who wish to know the whole truth take joy in doing the work and service that comes to them. This simple path leads to peace, virtue, and abundance.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 1
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Take care of those who are deserving; also, and equally, take care of those who are not. When you extend your virtue in all directions without discriminating, your feet are firmly planted on the path that returns to the Tao.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 2
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To embrace all things means first that one holds no anger or resistance toward any idea or thing, living or dead, formed or formless. Acceptance is the very essence of the Tao.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 3
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To practice virtue is to selflessly offer assistance to others, giving without limitation one's time, abilities, and possessions in service. If your willingness to give blessings is limited, so also is your ability to receive them.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 4
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The superior person settles her mind as the universe settles the stars in the sky. By connecting her mind with the subtle origin, she calms it. Once calmed, it naturally expands.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 5
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The Tao gives rise to all forms, yet it has no form of its own. If you attempt to fix a picture of it in your mind, you will lose it. Why not be content with simply experiencing it?Hua Hu Jing, Verse 6
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Those who wish to attain oneness must practice undiscriminating virtue. They must dissolve all ideas of duality: good and bad, beautiful and ugly, high and low.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 7
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There is nothing to teach: no religion, no science, no body of information which will lead your mind back to the Tao. Simply be aware of the oneness of things.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 8
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Stop striving after admiration. Place your esteem on the Tao. Live in accord with it, share with others the teachings that lead to it, and you will be immersed in the blessings that flow from it.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 9
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Let the senses go. Let desires go. Let conflicts go. Let ideas go. Let the fiction of life and death go. Just remain in the center, watching. And then forget that you are there.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 10
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Keep your mind free of divisions and distinctions. When your mind is detached, simple, quiet, then all things can exist in harmony, and you can begin to perceive the subtle truth.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 11
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Regard these teachings with reverence, practice their truths, illuminate them to others. You will receive as many blessings from the universe as there are grains of sand in the River of Timelessness.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 12
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The mind is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable and manageable. She who lets go of the knife will find the Tao at her fingertips.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 13
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Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you let go of all these dualities and embrace the Tao without skepticism or panic?Hua Hu Jing, Verse 14
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To the highly evolved being, there is no such thing as tolerance, because there is no such thing as other. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 15
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The highest virtue one can exercise is to accept the responsibility of discovering and transmitting the whole truth. Those who improve themselves for the sake of the world will be revealed the whole truth of the universe.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 16
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Do not go about worshipping deities as the source of the subtle truth. If you want to worship the Tao, first discover it in your own heart. Then your worship will be meaningful.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 17
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The mature person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid, external methodologies. He keeps his attitude unstructured at all times and thus is always free to pursue the Integral Way.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 18
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Those who are highly evolved maintain an undiscriminating perception. Seeing everything, labeling nothing, they maintain their awareness of the Great Oneness.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 19
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Within the Great Oneness, though there is no such thing as clairvoyance, telepathy, or telekinesis, all things are seen, all things understood, all things forever in their proper places.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 20
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The mind is desperate to fix the river in place. The one who can dissolve her mind will suddenly discover the Tao at her feet, and clarity at hand.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 21
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The Tao is always present and always available. When speech is exhausted and mind dissolved, it presents itself. If you are willing to be lived by it, you will see it everywhere.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 22
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The highest truth cannot be put into words. Therefore the greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 23
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Your nature and the integral nature of the universe are one and the same: indescribable, but eternally present. Simply open yourself to this.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 24
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Why not trust the plainness and simplicity of the Integral Way? Living with unconditional sincerity, eradicating all duality, celebrating the equality of things, your every moment will be in truth.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 25
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Integral wisdom involves a direct participation in every moment: the observer and the observed are dissolved in the light of pure awareness, and no mental concepts or attitudes are present to dim that light.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 26
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Do not imagine that an integral being has the ambition of enlightening the unaware. To her, there is no self and other, and hence no one to be raised. Therefore her only concern is her own sincerity.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 27
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If you identify the Tao with a particular shape, you won't ever see it.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 28
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Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. Just as high awareness is gained through virtuous conduct, so also is it maintained through these things.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 29
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The only way to understand the Tao is to directly experience it. When you get there, quiet your mind and close your mouth. Don't analyze the Tao. Strive instead to live it: silently, undividedly, with your whole harmonious being.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 30
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The Tao doesn't come and go. It is always present everywhere, just like the sky. Can you be still and look inside? Then you will see that the truth is always available, always responsive.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 31
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Every thing is equal to every other thing. Names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Look behind them, and you will discern the deep, silent, complete truth of the Tao.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 32
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Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao. If you can let go of it with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 33
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The character of your existence is determined by the energies to which you connect yourself. By holding to that which is refined and subtle, one traverses refined and subtle realms.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 34
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Insight is a function of the spirit. Because your spirit follows you through cycle after cycle of life, death, and rebirth, you have the opportunity of cultivating insight in an ongoing fashion.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 35
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It is not that those who cultivate wholeness and virtue do not encounter difficulties in life. It is that they understand that difficulties are the very road to immortality.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 36
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The superior person understands that her own energies play a part in all living things. Caring for them, she knows that she cares for herself. At peace with them, she is always at peace with herself.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 37
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The truth vibrates in every thing and every not-thing, right off the tip of your nose. Discover the harmony in your own being. Embrace it. If you can do this, you will gain everything.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 38
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The source of the universe is ultimately unknowable, a great invisible river flowing forever through a vast and fertile valley. Your creation takes place by itself within the subtle operation of the universe.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 39
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The superior person recognizes that he and the subtle law are one. Therefore he cultivates himself to accord with it, bringing moderation to his actions and clarity to his mind.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 40
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The integral being knows that the manipulations of the mind are dreams, delusions, and shadows. Seek instead to keep your mind undivided. Dissolve all ideas into the Tao.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 41
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Nothing in the realm of thoughts or ideologies is absolute. Simply see that you are at the center of the universe, and accept all things and beings as parts of your infinite body.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 42
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Join your body, mind, and spirit in all you do. Choose food, clothing, and shelter that accords with nature. Understand that true growth comes from meeting and solving the problems of life in a way that is harmonizing.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 43
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Relinquish the notion that you are separated from the all-knowing mind of the universe. Then you can recover your original pure insight and see through all illusions.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 44
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If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place. The Integral Way depends on decreasing, not increasing. Stop thinking and clinging to complications; keep your mind detached and whole.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 45
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The complete whole is the complete whole. So also is any part the complete whole. The universe is already a harmonious oneness; just realize it. If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 46
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Live a quiet and simple life, free of ideas and concepts. Find contentment in the practice of undiscriminating virtue, the only true power. Your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all beings.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 47
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There are two paths available to you: acceptance or denial. Though these paths are entirely different, they will deliver you to the same place: spontaneous awareness of the Great Oneness.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 48
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Thinking and talking about the Integral Way are not the same as practicing it. If you wish to embody the Tao, stop chattering and start practicing.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 49
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Live simply and virtuously, true to your nature, drawing no line between what is spiritual and what is not. Ignore time. Relinquish ideas and concepts. Embrace the Oneness.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 50
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The four cardinal virtues: reverence for all life, natural sincerity, gentleness, and supportiveness. When practiced, they give birth to wisdom and evoke health, wealth, happiness, longevity, and peace.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 51
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Integral awareness is fluid and adaptable, present in all places and at all times. That is true meditation. Honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters. That would be true clarity, true simplicity, true mastery.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 52
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True understanding in a person has two attributes: awareness and action. Only those who increase their service along with their understanding can be called men and women of Tao.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 53
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The student who seeks out and studies the holistic teachings furthers the evolution of mankind as well as her own spiritual unfolding.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 54
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The holistic practices of the ancient masters integrate science, art, and personal spiritual development. Mind, body, and spirit participate in them equally.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 55
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You can't know the body by studying the finger, and you can't understand the universe by learning one science. If you study the whole of the Tao wholeheartedly, then everything in your life will reflect it.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 56
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By integrating the positive, harmonious energy rays with the positive elements of your own being, and eliminating the subtle negative influences, you can enhance all aspects of your life.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 57
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Unless the mind, body, and spirit are equally developed and fully integrated, no spiritual peak or state of enlightenment can be sustained. True self-cultivation involves the holistic integration of mind, body, and spirit.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 58
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If you wish to become a divine immortal angel, then restore the angelic qualities of your being through virtue and service. This is the only way to gain the attention of the immortals.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 59
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Devote yourself to living a virtuous, integrated, selfless life. Refine your energy from gross and heavy to subtle and light. Then the mystical door will open.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 60
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To understand the universe, you must study the Oneness, the forces of yin and yang, Heaven, Earth, and Man, and the processes of change and recycling taught in the I Ching.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 61
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Only when you achieve mastery of the physical energy, universal mindedness, and spiritual insight, and express them in a virtuous integral life, can you attain pure Tao.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 62
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Simplify the personality, refine the sexual energy upward, integrate yin and yang in body, mind, and spirit, practice non-impulsiveness, and you will enter the exquisite upper realm.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 63
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If you consult the I Ching with an open mind, you will begin to see the patterns underlying all things. When you accurately perceive the fluidity of things, you also begin to perceive the constancy behind them.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 64
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If you wish to unite with the heart and mind of the Mysterious Mother, you must integrate yin and yang within and refine their fire upward. This is what is known as true evolution.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 65
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Through the practices of the Integral Way, one refines gross, heavy energy into something ethereal and light. The new life created is self-aware yet without ego, capable of inhabiting a body yet not attached to it.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 66
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To achieve the highest levels of life, one must continually combine new levels of yin and yang. Higher unions of yin and yang are necessary for the conception of higher life.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 67
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The Tao is softer than anything, and therefore it overcomes everything hard. What does this tell you about the benefit of non-action and silence?Hua Hu Jing, Verse 68
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For those who aspire to the higher realms of living, there is angelic dual cultivation. Angelic intercourse is led by the spirit rather than the sexual organs, culminating not in dissolution but in integration.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 69
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Spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious self-transformation and self-evolution.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 70
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All teachers and techniques are only transitional: true realization comes from the direct merger of one's being with the divine energy of the Tao.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 71
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Develop your virtue and extend it to the world. Practice unswerving kindness and unending patience. Avoid following impulses and pursuing ambitions which destroy the wholeness of your mind.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 72
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When one gives whatever one can without restraint, the barriers of individuality break down. One sees only two immaculate beings, reflecting one another like a pair of brilliant mirrors.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 73
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Worship the fiery sun, repository of yang, and the watery moon, repository of yin. Worship the Great Tai Chi, in which all things are contained, balanced, and reposed.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 74
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If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 75
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One who merges her virtue with the universal virtue and extends it to the world without expectation of reward will indeed be the savior of the world.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 76
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Intelligence is not the same thing as wisdom. Superior people can awaken during times of turmoil to lead others out of the mire by first liberating their own being.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 77
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The Integral Way eschews conceptual fanaticism, extravagant living, fancy food, violent music. Renouncing what is fashionable and embracing what is plain, honest, and virtuous, it returns you to the subtle essence of life.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 78
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Those who practice the truth of these teachings will acquire the subtle light of wisdom, the mighty sword of clarity, and the mystical pearl of understanding that envelops the entire universe.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 79
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The true master understands that enlightenment is not the end, but the means. Realizing that virtue is her goal, she accepts the long and often arduous cultivation that is necessary to attain it.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 80
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Take time to listen to what is said without words. Love your life. Trust the Tao. You can be a gentle, contemplative hermit right here in the middle of everything, utterly unaffected, thoroughly sustained by your integral practices.Hua Hu Jing, Verse 81
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Those who wish to know the whole truth take joy in doing the work and service that comes to them. This simple path leads to peace, virtue, and abundance.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 1
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Take care of those who are deserving; also, and equally, take care of those who are not. When you extend your virtue in all directions without discriminating, your feet are firmly planted on the path that returns to the Tao.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 2
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To embrace all things means first that one holds no anger or resistance toward any idea or thing, living or dead, formed or formless. Acceptance is the very essence of the Tao.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 3
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To practice virtue is to selflessly offer assistance to others, giving without limitation one's time, abilities, and possessions in service. If your willingness to give blessings is limited, so also is your ability to receive them.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 4
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The superior person settles her mind as the universe settles the stars in the sky. By connecting her mind with the subtle origin, she calms it. Once calmed, it naturally expands.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 5
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The Tao gives rise to all forms, yet it has no form of its own. If you attempt to fix a picture of it in your mind, you will lose it. Why not be content with simply experiencing it?Hua Hu Ching, Verse 6
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Those who wish to attain oneness must practice undiscriminating virtue. They must dissolve all ideas of duality: good and bad, beautiful and ugly, high and low.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 7
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There is nothing to teach: no religion, no science, no body of information which will lead your mind back to the Tao. Simply be aware of the oneness of things.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 8
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Stop striving after admiration. Place your esteem on the Tao. Live in accord with it, share with others the teachings that lead to it, and you will be immersed in the blessings that flow from it.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 9
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Let the senses go. Let desires go. Let conflicts go. Let ideas go. Let the fiction of life and death go. Just remain in the center, watching. And then forget that you are there.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 10
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Keep your mind free of divisions and distinctions. When your mind is detached, simple, quiet, then all things can exist in harmony, and you can begin to perceive the subtle truth.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 11
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Regard these teachings with reverence, practice their truths, illuminate them to others. You will receive as many blessings from the universe as there are grains of sand in the River of Timelessness.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 12
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The mind is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable and manageable. She who lets go of the knife will find the Tao at her fingertips.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 13
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Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you let go of all these dualities and embrace the Tao without skepticism or panic?Hua Hu Ching, Verse 14
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To the highly evolved being, there is no such thing as tolerance, because there is no such thing as other. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 15
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The highest virtue one can exercise is to accept the responsibility of discovering and transmitting the whole truth. Those who improve themselves for the sake of the world will be revealed the whole truth of the universe.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 16
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Do not go about worshipping deities as the source of the subtle truth. If you want to worship the Tao, first discover it in your own heart. Then your worship will be meaningful.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 17
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The mature person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid, external methodologies. He keeps his attitude unstructured at all times and thus is always free to pursue the Integral Way.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 18
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Those who are highly evolved maintain an undiscriminating perception. Seeing everything, labeling nothing, they maintain their awareness of the Great Oneness.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 19
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Within the Great Oneness, though there is no such thing as clairvoyance, telepathy, or telekinesis, all things are seen, all things understood, all things forever in their proper places.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 20
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The mind is desperate to fix the river in place. The one who can dissolve her mind will suddenly discover the Tao at her feet, and clarity at hand.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 21
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The Tao is always present and always available. When speech is exhausted and mind dissolved, it presents itself. If you are willing to be lived by it, you will see it everywhere.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 22
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The highest truth cannot be put into words. Therefore the greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 23
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Your nature and the integral nature of the universe are one and the same: indescribable, but eternally present. Simply open yourself to this.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 24
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Why not trust the plainness and simplicity of the Integral Way? Living with unconditional sincerity, eradicating all duality, celebrating the equality of things, your every moment will be in truth.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 25
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Integral wisdom involves a direct participation in every moment: the observer and the observed are dissolved in the light of pure awareness, and no mental concepts or attitudes are present to dim that light.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 26
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Do not imagine that an integral being has the ambition of enlightening the unaware. To her, there is no self and other, and hence no one to be raised. Therefore her only concern is her own sincerity.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 27
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If you identify the Tao with a particular shape, you won't ever see it.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 28
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Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. Just as high awareness is gained through virtuous conduct, so also is it maintained through these things.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 29
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The only way to understand the Tao is to directly experience it. When you get there, quiet your mind and close your mouth. Don't analyze the Tao. Strive instead to live it: silently, undividedly, with your whole harmonious being.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 30
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The Tao doesn't come and go. It is always present everywhere, just like the sky. Can you be still and look inside? Then you will see that the truth is always available, always responsive.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 31
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Every thing is equal to every other thing. Names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Look behind them, and you will discern the deep, silent, complete truth of the Tao.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 32
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Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao. If you can let go of it with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 33
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The character of your existence is determined by the energies to which you connect yourself. By holding to that which is refined and subtle, one traverses refined and subtle realms.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 34
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Insight is a function of the spirit. Because your spirit follows you through cycle after cycle of life, death, and rebirth, you have the opportunity of cultivating insight in an ongoing fashion.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 35
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It is not that those who cultivate wholeness and virtue do not encounter difficulties in life. It is that they understand that difficulties are the very road to immortality.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 36
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The superior person understands that her own energies play a part in all living things. Caring for them, she knows that she cares for herself. At peace with them, she is always at peace with herself.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 37
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The truth vibrates in every thing and every not-thing, right off the tip of your nose. Discover the harmony in your own being. Embrace it. If you can do this, you will gain everything.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 38
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The source of the universe is ultimately unknowable, a great invisible river flowing forever through a vast and fertile valley. Your creation takes place by itself within the subtle operation of the universe.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 39
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The superior person recognizes that he and the subtle law are one. Therefore he cultivates himself to accord with it, bringing moderation to his actions and clarity to his mind.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 40
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The integral being knows that the manipulations of the mind are dreams, delusions, and shadows. Seek instead to keep your mind undivided. Dissolve all ideas into the Tao.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 41
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Nothing in the realm of thoughts or ideologies is absolute. Simply see that you are at the center of the universe, and accept all things and beings as parts of your infinite body.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 42
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Join your body, mind, and spirit in all you do. Choose food, clothing, and shelter that accords with nature. Understand that true growth comes from meeting and solving the problems of life in a way that is harmonizing.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 43
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Relinquish the notion that you are separated from the all-knowing mind of the universe. Then you can recover your original pure insight and see through all illusions.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 44
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If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place. The Integral Way depends on decreasing, not increasing. Stop thinking and clinging to complications; keep your mind detached and whole.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 45
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The complete whole is the complete whole. So also is any part the complete whole. The universe is already a harmonious oneness; just realize it. If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 46
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Live a quiet and simple life, free of ideas and concepts. Find contentment in the practice of undiscriminating virtue, the only true power. Your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all beings.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 47
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There are two paths available to you: acceptance or denial. Though these paths are entirely different, they will deliver you to the same place: spontaneous awareness of the Great Oneness.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 48
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Thinking and talking about the Integral Way are not the same as practicing it. If you wish to embody the Tao, stop chattering and start practicing.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 49
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Live simply and virtuously, true to your nature, drawing no line between what is spiritual and what is not. Ignore time. Relinquish ideas and concepts. Embrace the Oneness.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 50
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The four cardinal virtues: reverence for all life, natural sincerity, gentleness, and supportiveness. When practiced, they give birth to wisdom and evoke health, wealth, happiness, longevity, and peace.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 51
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Integral awareness is fluid and adaptable, present in all places and at all times. That is true meditation. Honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters. That would be true clarity, true simplicity, true mastery.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 52
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True understanding in a person has two attributes: awareness and action. Only those who increase their service along with their understanding can be called men and women of Tao.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 53
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The student who seeks out and studies the holistic teachings furthers the evolution of mankind as well as her own spiritual unfolding.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 54
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The holistic practices of the ancient masters integrate science, art, and personal spiritual development. Mind, body, and spirit participate in them equally.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 55
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You can't know the body by studying the finger, and you can't understand the universe by learning one science. If you study the whole of the Tao wholeheartedly, then everything in your life will reflect it.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 56
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By integrating the positive, harmonious energy rays with the positive elements of your own being, and eliminating the subtle negative influences, you can enhance all aspects of your life.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 57
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Unless the mind, body, and spirit are equally developed and fully integrated, no spiritual peak or state of enlightenment can be sustained. True self-cultivation involves the holistic integration of mind, body, and spirit.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 58
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If you wish to become a divine immortal angel, then restore the angelic qualities of your being through virtue and service. This is the only way to gain the attention of the immortals.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 59
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Devote yourself to living a virtuous, integrated, selfless life. Refine your energy from gross and heavy to subtle and light. Then the mystical door will open.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 60
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To understand the universe, you must study the Oneness, the forces of yin and yang, Heaven, Earth, and Man, and the processes of change and recycling taught in the I Ching.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 61
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Only when you achieve mastery of the physical energy, universal mindedness, and spiritual insight, and express them in a virtuous integral life, can you attain pure Tao.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 62
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Simplify the personality, refine the sexual energy upward, integrate yin and yang in body, mind, and spirit, practice non-impulsiveness, and you will enter the exquisite upper realm.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 63
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If you consult the I Ching with an open mind, you will begin to see the patterns underlying all things. When you accurately perceive the fluidity of things, you also begin to perceive the constancy behind them.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 64
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If you wish to unite with the heart and mind of the Mysterious Mother, you must integrate yin and yang within and refine their fire upward. This is what is known as true evolution.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 65
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Through the practices of the Integral Way, one refines gross, heavy energy into something ethereal and light. The new life created is self-aware yet without ego, capable of inhabiting a body yet not attached to it.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 66
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To achieve the highest levels of life, one must continually combine new levels of yin and yang. Higher unions of yin and yang are necessary for the conception of higher life.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 67
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The Tao is softer than anything, and therefore it overcomes everything hard. What does this tell you about the benefit of non-action and silence?Hua Hu Ching, Verse 68
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For those who aspire to the higher realms of living, there is angelic dual cultivation. Angelic intercourse is led by the spirit rather than the sexual organs, culminating not in dissolution but in integration.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 69
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Spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious self-transformation and self-evolution.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 70
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All teachers and techniques are only transitional: true realization comes from the direct merger of one's being with the divine energy of the Tao.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 71
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Develop your virtue and extend it to the world. Practice unswerving kindness and unending patience. Avoid following impulses and pursuing ambitions which destroy the wholeness of your mind.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 72
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When one gives whatever one can without restraint, the barriers of individuality break down. One sees only two immaculate beings, reflecting one another like a pair of brilliant mirrors.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 73
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Worship the fiery sun, repository of yang, and the watery moon, repository of yin. Worship the Great Tai Chi, in which all things are contained, balanced, and reposed.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 74
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If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 75
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One who merges her virtue with the universal virtue and extends it to the world without expectation of reward will indeed be the savior of the world.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 76
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Intelligence is not the same thing as wisdom. Superior people can awaken during times of turmoil to lead others out of the mire by first liberating their own being.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 77
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The Integral Way eschews conceptual fanaticism, extravagant living, fancy food, violent music. Renouncing what is fashionable and embracing what is plain, honest, and virtuous, it returns you to the subtle essence of life.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 78
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Those who practice the truth of these teachings will acquire the subtle light of wisdom, the mighty sword of clarity, and the mystical pearl of understanding that envelops the entire universe.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 79
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The true master understands that enlightenment is not the end, but the means. Realizing that virtue is her goal, she accepts the long and often arduous cultivation that is necessary to attain it.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 80
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Take time to listen to what is said without words. Love your life. Trust the Tao. You can be a gentle, contemplative hermit right here in the middle of everything, utterly unaffected, thoroughly sustained by your integral practices.Hua Hu Ching, Verse 81