When you are one with loss, the loss is experienced willingly.

Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?

We are all capable of much more than we think we are.

What is well rooted cannot be pulled up. What is firmly grasped will not slip loose. It will be honoured from generation to generation.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.

Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look out at the stars. This practice should answer the question..... The master settles her mind as the universe settles the stars in the sky. By connecting her mind with the subtle origin, she calms it. Once calmed, it naturally expands, and ultimately her mind becomes as vast and immeasurable as the night sky.