With no desire, at rest and still, All things go right as of their will.

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The Tao in Its regular course does nothing (for the sake of doing it), and so there is nothing which It does not do. If princes and kings were able to maintain It, all things would of themselves be transformed by them. If this transformation became to me an object of desire, I would express the desire by the nameless simplicity. Simplicity without a name Is free from all external aim. With no desire, at rest and still, All things go right as of their will.

Source Tao Te King, chapter 37 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Lao Tzu, the Tao never acts with effort, and yet everything is accomplished through It; one who remains simple and stops desiring everything finds quietude, and things fall into order by themselves. Today, when a pressing urge seizes you (to buy, to check, to obtain), wait a few breaths before acting and savour the calm that returns.

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