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2.3 Wisdom of Zhuangzi (a dose)
i. involvement in affairs of society is like an egg or carrot or tea in boiling water (a person decides which one he wants to be)
- the egg turns hard
- the carrot becomes mushy
- the tea releases fragrance
ii. “neither fear death, nor court death” – allow nature to take its course: birth, growth, sickness, old age, death
iii. “everything exists for an implicit and established reason”; “nature has beauty which is not explicit” – understand what is explicit truth, what is established reason
iv. do not be spiritually confined but have an open clear view
v. inner fast = spiritual fast: keep out distracting thoughts; keep calm in the heart
vi. a sage is calm at heart; many things are covered by noise. Water is clear when it’s calm, so too will spirit be
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