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The Tao of God operates ceaselessly; and all things are produced. The Tao of the sovereign operates ceaselessly; and the empire rallies around him. The Tao of the Sage operates ceaselessly; and all within the limit of surrounding ocean acknowledge his sway. He who apprehends God, who is in relation with the Sage, and who recognises the radiating virtue of the sovereign,—his actions will be to him unconscious, the actions of repose. The repose of the Sage is not what the world calls repose. His repose is the result of his mental attitude. All creation could not disturb his equilibrium: hence his repose.
Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 13, §1 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Chuang Tzu, the influence of Heaven and of the Sage spreads by itself, without constraint, and it springs from an inner peace that cannot be obtained by force: it is the state of a heart that nothing disturbs any more. Today, when you feel the urge to force a result, stop for a moment, let the agitation settle, then act from that calm.
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