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{The cleansing of spiritual contamination} is accomplished by offering one's talent, resources, and life to the world.

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When the sage stands above people, they are not oppressed. When he leads people, they are not obstructed. The world will exalt him and not grow tired of him.

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If you correct your mind the rest of your life will fall into place.

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He who knows he has enough is rich.

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One who lives in accordance with nature does not go against the way of things but moves in harmony with the present moment.

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The superior student listens to the Way and follows it closely. The average student listens to the Way and follows some and some not. The lesser student listens to the Way and laughs out loud. If there were no laughter it would not be the Way.

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Praise leads to weakness. Getting it causes fear, losing it causes fear.

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What is strong and rigid is snapped and laid low. What is flexible and soft will always prevail.

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Those who are highly evolved, maintain an undiscriminating perception. Seeing everything, labeling nothing, they maintain their awareness of the Great Oneness. Thus they are supported by it.

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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

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Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious self-transformation and self-evolution.

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If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?

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Goodness in words creates trust, goodness in thinking creates depth, goodness in giving creates love.

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Some help others in order to receive blessings and admiration. This is simply meaningless. Some cultivate themselves in part to serve others, in part to serve their own pride. They will understand, at best, half of the truth. But those who improve themselves for the sake of the world - to these, the whole truth of the universe will be revealed.

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All things of the world are born of being; being is born of nonbeing.

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All things arise in unison. Thereby we see their return.

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. . . integral wisdom involves a direct participation in every moment: the observer and the observed are dissolved in the light of pure awareness, and no mental concepts or attitudes are present to dim that light.

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If Heaven were not clear it might rend. If Earth were not firm it might crumble.

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As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up. It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance.

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Do not fear the aging of the body for it is the body's way of seeking the root.

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