Fill your bowl to the brim
and it will spill
Keep sharpening your knife
And it will blunt
Chase after money and security
And your heart will never unclench
Care about people’s approval
And you will be their prisoner
Success is as dangerous as failure
What does it mean that hope is as hollow as fear?
Hope and fear are both phantoms
That arise from thinking of the self
When we don’t see the self as the self
What do we have to fear?
See the world as yourself
Have faith in the way things are
Love the world as your self
He enters a battle gravely
With sorrow and great compassion
As if he were attending a funeral
The soft overcomes the hard
The gentle overcomes the rigid
Everyone knows this is true
But few can put it into practice
The master has no possessions
The more he does for others
The happier he is
The more he gives to others
The wealthier he is
The Tao nourishes by not forcing
By not dominating, the Master leads.
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