WITH TAO OF ANCIENT ONES
THOMAS MERTON
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THE ELECTRIC FAN
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4:16 AM - 1/27/16
The Way of Chuang Tzu
Thomas Merton
http://terebess.hu/english/merton.html
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The Way of Chuang Tzu
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".....you enter upon the way of Chuang Tzu
when you leave all ways and get lost."
Thomas Merton
The Way of Chuang Tzu
http://terebess.hu/english/merton.html
where all affirmations and denials converge.
He who grasps the pivot is at the still-point
from which all movements and oppositions
can be seen in their right relationship...
Abandoning all thought of imposing a limit or taking sides,
he rests in direct intuition.
Chuang Tzu
where is the comparison with another object?
Where is the conflict?
What can stand in his way?
He will rest in his eternal place which is no-place.
He will be hidden in his own unfathomable secret.
His nature sinks to its root in the One.
His vitality, his power hide in secret Tao.
Chuang Tzu
Chuang Tzu replied, "Well, above ground I shall be eaten by crows and kites,
below it by ants and worms.
What do you have against birds?"
When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten.
When the heart is right, "for" and "against" are forgotten.
No drives, no compulsions, no needs, no attractions:
Then your affairs are under control.
You are a free man.