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Beginning and end follow ceaselessly one upon the other, and we cannot say when the series will be exhausted. If this is not the work of a First Cause, what is it?" "Kindly explain," said Confucius, "what is to be got by wandering as you said." "The result," answered Lao Tzลญ, "is perfect goodness and perfect happiness.
Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 21, ยง5 ยท ๐ Read the full passage
โจ To meditate on today
According to Chuang Tzu, Lao Tan contemplates the endless movement of births and returns, carried by the harmony of heaven and earth, and sees in it beauty and supreme joy. Today, take a moment to look at something that is being born or renewed, a leaf, the morning light, a child at play, and let yourself be touched by its beauty.
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