By enlarging ones mind, one can enter into all the things in the
world. As long as anything is not yet entered into, there is still
something outside the mind. The mind of ordinary people is limited to
the narrowness of what is seen and what is heard. The sage, however,
fully develops his nature and does not allow what is seen or heard to
fetter his mind. He regards everything in the world as his own self.
This is why Mencius said that if one exerts his mind to the utmost he
can know nature and Heaven. Heaven is so vast that there is nothing
outside of it. Therefore the mind that leaves something outside is not
capable of uniting itself with the mind of Heaven.
Reflections on Things at Hand รข€" Chu Hsi trans. Wing-tsit Chan
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