Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.

Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.

Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it is there when the mind is very quiet, listening timelessly to everything.

The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly, his thinking become mechanical. His responses become automatic, according to set patterns, making him narrow and limited.

Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear.

Be a calm beholder of what is happening around you.

The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.