Children of the Tao

The hostile multitudes are vast as space – What chance is there that all should be subdued? Let but this angry mind be overthrown And every foe is then and there destroyed.

The psychological basis of insanity is the same basis for enlightenment. It all depends on whether or not it is accepted and comprehended and ultimately worked with as the key to liberation. If it is not, it becomes, because the realization is still there subconsciously, the cause of denial, repression and ultimately, mental illness*.

The only fertile soil for the seed of enlightenment is in the minds of the oppressed.

When you look at the center of the sky, seeing will cease. Likewise, when mind looks at mind, the swarms of thoughts cease and unsurpassable enlightenment is attained.

‘Humaneness’ means the inner heart joyfully loving humanity. The humaneness of joy at people’s fortune and dismay at people’s misfortune arises from psychological necessity, not from hopes of reward. So it is said that ‘higher humaneness acts objectively, without ulterior motive.’

When the terror of life grips you, return to Mother Nature. Sit by the tallest tree, and release some sorrow into the Earth.

My identity was made for me before I was born. Keep the symbol, watch me fly.

If you will be calm and patient, everything will come to you by itself.

But spiritual faith alone will not make a person more fully human or healthy. In fact, faith held and expressed in the wrong way, or faith and belief in the wrong things, may make a person sick and less than human. Human's spiritual life cannot feed upon itself alone and stay healthy; it must be nourished by all things that give life meaning and value here and now, as well as the future.

You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

When a child dances, they do not dance for the advancement of dance. When a bird sings, they do not sing for the advancement of music. The purity of Nature does not place value or purpose to anything, we do that ourselves. It’s self evident that everything in existence is for the present moment. This idea is hard to grasp, and might make us feel small and insignificant. But the actualization of this idea brings fulfillment and turns you into a living mirror of the world.

The sudden realization that we are alone, and at the mercy of people or events indifferent to our personal needs, desires, and destiny, can lead us into a pervasive feeling of loneliness, sadness, pessimism, meaninglessness, and inertia. Without pleasure, security, conviviality, belief in the friendliness of the world, and meaning, life loses its purpose, and anguish reigns. The physical energies for living may still be present, but the assurance that life promises fulfillment has become doubtful or even lost. This is depression due to a lack of spirit rather than a lack of will.