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Just be empty...


"Thoroughly experience what you received from heaven,

but do not reveal what you attain.

Just be empty, that's all.

The mind of the ultimate person functions like a mirror.

It neither sends off nor welcomes.

It responds but does not retain."



Chuang Tzu
in Victor Mair, Tr.
_Wandering on the Way: Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang Tzu_
NY: Bantam, 1994, p. 71

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