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Post by crow on Jul 2, 2020 20:38:39 GMT
What is deep-rooted is easy to nourish; a mistake that is recent, is easy to correct. What is brittle is easily broken; what is small, is easy to scatter.
Prevent trouble before it arises; put things in order before disorder exists. The giant redwood grows from a tiny sprout; the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Rushing into action, you may fail; grasping at things, you stand to lose them. Forcing things to completion, you easily ruin what was almost ripe.
Therefore the master takes action by letting things take their own course; he remains as calm at the end as at the beginning. He possesses nothing, thus has nothing to lose.
If he desired anything, it would be non-desire; what he learns is to un-learn what he thought he knew. He simply reminds people of what they have always been. He cares only for Reality; thus he can care for all things.
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