There are

two kinds of blessings.

The first are worldly blessings,

which are won by doing good deeds.

These concern the mind,

and thus are confined

in time and space.

The second

is the integral blessing,

which falls on those who achieve

awareness of the Great Oneness.

This awareness liberates you from

the bondage of mind, time, and

space to fly freely through

the boundless harmony

of the Tao.

Similarly, there are

two kinds of wisdom.

The first is worldly wisdom,

which is a conceptual understanding

of your experiences. Because it follows

after the events themselves, it

necessarily inhibits your

direct understanding

of truth.

The second

kind, integral wisdom,

involves a direct participation

in every moment: the observer and

the observed are dissolved in the light

of pure awareness, and no mental

concepts or attitudes

are present to

dim that light.