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Mar 2015
Effortless action
Nishkama Karma

The sage manages affairs without doing anything

Cessation

The Tao is like water
It nourishes all who it comes in contact with

The Tao is like water
It sinks to the low places
It does not desire or strive

Non-striving

Boundless light
Never ending compassion
Love for all

Show people the love that Jesus showed us

Not seeking recognition
Living humbly and simply
Enjoying nature

The sage puts his own person last
He has no personal and private ends
It is because of this that such ends are realized

Simply love all the people you meet along the way

The highest excellence is like that of water
Water benefits all things
And in its occupying
Without striving to the contrary
The low place, which men dislike
Hence its way is similar to that of the Tao

When wealth and honors lead to arrogance
This brings its evils on itself

When the work is done
To withdraw into obscurity is the way of heaven

The Tao produces all things and nourishes them
Yet it does not claim them as its own

Clay is fashioned into vessels
But it is on their empty hollowness
That their usefulness depends

So remain empty
Just as the clay vessel does

In being empty like the vessel
You can be receptive to what is around you

Remain in the present
And be filled with love
Matt
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