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Tree-fruits and plant-fruits exhibit order in their varieties; and the relationships of man, though more difficult to be dealt with, may still be reduced to order. The true Sage who meets with these, does not violate them. Neither does he continue to hold fast by them.
Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 22, §7 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Chuang Tzu, the sage goes along with the movement of life without resisting it and without clinging to it: calculating everything is artifice, letting oneself be carried is following the Principle. Today, faced with something unexpected, breathe, give up your initial plan and look for how to move forward with what happens rather than against it.
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