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Lao Tsu #44 Hua Hu Ching: Foolish

7/23/2021

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​Forty-Four
 
This is the nature of the unenlightened mind:
The sense organs, which are limited in scope and    ability, randomly gather information.
This partial information is arranged into judgements,
    which are based on previous judgements,
    which are usually based on someone else’s foolish
     ideas.
These false concepts and ideas are then stored in a
   highly selective memory system.
 
Distortion upon distortion: the mental energy flows
   constantly through contorted and inappropriate
   channels, and the more one uses the mind, the more
   confused one becomes.
 
To eliminate the vexation of the mind, it doesn’t help
   to do something; this only reinforces the mind’s
   mechanics.
Dissolving the mind is instead a matter of not-doing:
Simply avoid becoming attached to what you see and
   think.
Relinquish the notion that you are separated from the
   all-knowing mind of the universe.
Then you can recover your original pure insight and         
   see through all illusions.
Knowing nothing, you will be aware of everything.
 
Remember: because clarity and enlightenment are
   within your own nature, they are regained without
   moving an inch.
 

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