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To fully apprehend the scheme of the universe. this is called the great secret of being in accord with God, whereby the empire is so administered that the result is accord with man. To be in accord with man is human happiness; to be in accord with God is the happiness of God.
Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 13, §2 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Chuang Tzu, acting without forcing, in the kindly manner of Heaven, creates harmony with people, which is human joy, and accord with Heaven, which is the highest joy. Today, in a situation where you would like to impose your own way of doing things, let things and people follow their course instead, and notice the quiet joy that arises from it.
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