' Nothing to be attained '...

The Long Path is needed to make a man or woman ripe for receiving truth, but only the Short Path can lead to it.

This is the answer to the dilemma created by the claims of the Wu Wei school.

Its practical application is:

act as the Long Path requires by working on and improving the self, but think as the Short Path enjoins by holding the attitude "There is nothing to be attained.

Realization is already here and now!"



-- Notebooks Category 23: Advanced Contemplation >
Chapter 5: Balancing the Paths > # 154
Paul Brunton