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"The perfect Negative principle is majestically passive. The perfect Positive principle is powerfully active. Passivity emanates from heaven above; activity proceeds from earth beneath. The interaction of the two results in that harmony by which all things are produced. There may be a First Cause, but we never see His form. His report fills space.
Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 21, §5 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Chuang Tzu, Lao Tan explains that all beings are born from the meeting of two forces: yin, the principle of tranquil receptiveness linked to the earth, and yang, the principle of fruitful activity linked to heaven. Today, consciously alternate a moment of action and a moment of tranquil receptiveness, and feel how they come into harmony within you.
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