A heart wanted to know great heights, but did not have the head for it.
A head wanted to know great love, but did not have the heart for it.
A hand wanted to touch the tree, but did not have the legs for it.
The legs wanted something, but could not put a finger on it.
You can't know this life, unless you came from stillness.
You can't know suffering, unless your root is bliss.
You can't feel separate, unless unity is you.
Only this moment, undefined, is true.
Daily Tao is a reprint from Ta-Wan's blog, Daily Cup of Tao, which offers one post per day for an entire year. You also can read these posts in an ebook.
A head wanted to know great love, but did not have the heart for it.
A hand wanted to touch the tree, but did not have the legs for it.
The legs wanted something, but could not put a finger on it.
You can't know this life, unless you came from stillness.
You can't know suffering, unless your root is bliss.
You can't feel separate, unless unity is you.
Only this moment, undefined, is true.
Daily Tao is a reprint from Ta-Wan's blog, Daily Cup of Tao, which offers one post per day for an entire year. You also can read these posts in an ebook.
Isn't this the point of cultivating jing, qi, and shen?
ReplyDeleteAnd once you have the internal sanbao in order, then you can go on to the external ones (compassion, frugality and humility).
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