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Taoism
Lesson 179

That which makes things the things they are, is not limited to such things.

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That which makes things the things they are, is not limited to such things. The limits of things are their own limits in so far as they are things.

Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 22, ยง9 ยท ๐Ÿ“– Read the full passage

โœจ To meditate on today

According to Chuang Tzu, the Principle, which gave each being its limits, is itself without limits: it is therefore vain to try to locate it somewhere. Today, when you run up against your own limits, remember that you are carried by an infinite that goes beyond them, and welcome them gently.

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