"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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