“Maybe Primitive People Have Less Bullshit To Let Go Of, To Give Up. A Person Has To Be Willing To

Solid — like a body — sustained — loved — by the translucent — transparent and transubstantial— 道

“Baikal Zen”: Rocks that have fallen on the ice of Lake Baikal are heated by sunlight and emit infrared rays that melt the ice below. Once the sun is gone, the ice becomes solid again, creating a small support for the rock above.

Sun and Life, 1947, Frida Kahlo

Every human being stands a chance of awakening to their immortality, but everyone must go through the river of tears. You must feel the ups and downs, the rights and wrongs, the good and bad, the bitter and sweet, success and failure - all this was to build spiritual muscle and to strengthen the power of your discernment.

When what is right is all the choice you have left, then alone will man choose righteousness.

When you are one with the Source, then the world of changes will not harm you. Everything is only like a cloud floating by in the Infinite sky - you're only the witness.

If anything comes up, don't suppress, let it float-by, don't co-join. Don't combine yourself with anything that you see, or perceive, or imagine. Simply notice. Stay with your being.

Your heart is the light of this world, don't let the mind hide it.

Mooji

there is no audience to perform for, there is no approval, no admiration to attain. there is no role worth playing, there is no one to convince. let it go

12 道德經:

五色令人目盲

五音令人耳聾

五味令人口爽

馳騁田獵，令人心發狂

難得之貨，令人行妨。

是以聖人為腹不為目，故去彼取此。

12 The five colors blind the eye. The five notes deafen the ear. The five flavors dull the palate. Racing and hunting drive the heart wild. Goods that are hard to obtain hinder the journey. Therefore, the True Person is guided more by the belly than the eye, and prefers this within to that without. 

or,

   Dao De Jing: (The repression of the desires) Colour's five hues from the eyes their sight will take; Music's five notes the ears as deaf can make; The flavours five deprive the mouth of taste; The chariot course, and the wild hunting waste Make mad the mind; and objects rare and strange, Sought for, men's conduct will to evil change. Therefore the sage seeks to satisfy (the craving of) the belly, and not the (insatiable longing of the) eyes. He puts from him the latter, and prefers to seek the former.

Up Down and everything in-between

"Nature is playful and terrible. Some see the playful side and dally with it and let it sparkle. Others see the horror and cover their heads and are more dead than alive. The way does not lead between both, but embraces both. It is both cheerful play and cold horror."

C. G. Jung. “The Red Book”, p. 288, footnote 141

Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia, Italy c. 1420-1430. Nine Circles of Hell

“Drink water from the spring where horses drink. The horse will never drink bad water.

Lay your bed where the cat sleeps.

Eat the fruit that has been touched by a worm.

Boldly pick the mushroom on which the insects sit.

Plant the tree where the mole digs.

Build your house where the snake sits to warm itself.

Dig your fountain where the birds hide from heat.

Go to sleep and wake up at the same time with the birds – you will reap all of the days golden grains.

Eat more green – you will have strong legs and a resistant heart, like the beings of the forest.

Swim often and you will feel on earth like the fish in the water.

Look at the sky as often as possible and your thoughts will become light and clear.

Be quiet a lot, speak little – and silence will come in your heart, and your spirit will be calm and full of peace.”

- Saint Seraphim of Sarov