Lao Tzu 老子 ~ 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 ~ Tao Te Ching

Become totally empty. Quiet the restlessness of the mind. Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness. See all things flourish and dance in endless variation and once again merge back into perfect emptiness, their true repose. Their true nature. Emerging, flourishing, dissolving back again. This is the eternal process of return. To know this process brings enlightenment. To miss this process brings disaster. Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity. Eternity embraces the all-possible. The all-possible leads to a vision of oneness. A vision of oneness brings about universal love. Universal love supports the great truth of nature. The great truth of nature is Tao. Whoever knows this truth lives forever. The body may perish. Deeds may be forgotten. But one who has Tao has all eternity. A mind free of thought, merged within itself, beholds the essence of the Tao. A mind filled with thought, identified with its own perceptions, beholds the mere forms of this world. The superior person settles their mind as the universe settles the stars in the sky. By connecting the mind with the subtle origin, they calm it. Once calmed, it naturally expands and ultimately their mind becomes as vast and immeasurable as the night sky. Remain quiet. Discover the harmony in your own being. Embrace it. If you can do this, you will gain everything and the world will become healthy again. If you can't, you will be lost in the shadows forever. Clarifying their eyes, they do not look. Quieting their ears, they do not listen. Closing their mouths, they do not speak. Letting their minds be, they do not think. Abandoning intellectualism, they return to utter simplicity. Resting their vital spirit, they detach from knowledge. Therefore they have no likes or dislikes. This is called the great attainment.