To be able to pour in without making full, and pour out without making empty, in ignorance of the power by which such results are accomplished,—this is accounted Light.

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Who knows the argument which can be argued without words?—the Tao which does not declare Itself as Tao? He who knows this may be said to be of God. To be able to pour in without making full, and pour out without making empty, in ignorance of the power by which such results are accomplished,—this is accounted Light.

Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 2, §11 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Chuang Tzu, whoever understands that all is one receives a gentle light that illuminates the whole without stopping at details, greater than that of ten suns, as the Emperor Shun once explained to his predecessor Yao. Today, when a detail annoys you in someone, step back and look at the whole person with this light.

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