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For three months after this Confucius did not leave his house. Then he again visited Lao Tzŭ and said, "I have attained. Birds lay eggs, fish spawn, insects undergo metamorphosis, and mammals suckle their young. For a long time I have not been enlightened. And he who is not enlightened himself,—how should he enlighten others?" Lao Tzŭ said, "Ch'iu, you have attained!"
Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 14, §13 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Chuang Tzu, Confucius (whose personal name is Ch'iu) meditated for three months on Lao Tzu’s advice, to let each thing follow its natural course, and understood that he had wanted too much to force the world to change. Today, choose a situation you have long been trying to force and let it follow its course for one day, simply observing what happens.
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