2013/04/03
Joy is a birthright earned
化胡經
70
The cords of passion and desire
weave a binding net around you.
Worldly confrontation makes you
stiff and inflexible.
The trap of duality is tenacious.
Bound, rigid, and trapped,
you cannot experience liberation.
Through
dual cultivation
it is possible to
unravel the net,
soften the rigidity,
dismantle the trap.
Dissolving your yin energy
into the source of universal life,
attracting the yang energy from
that same source, you leave behind
individuality and your life
becomes pure nature.
Free of ego,
living naturally,
working virtuously,
you become filled with
inexhaustible vitality and
are liberated forever from
the cycle of death and rebirth.
Understand this if nothing else:
spiritual freedom and
oneness with the Tao
are not randomly bestowed gifts,
but the rewards of conscious
self-transformation and self-evolution.
from the Hua Hu Ching, by Brian Browne Walker
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May all know inner peace 🙏