Singapore time 9.15 am 5th August 2008
For learning knowledge daily you increases it. For Tao you daily lost your status. Loss upon loss until you achieve inaction. Inaction is also none that is not affected. To conquer the world must always have nothing to do; if you have things to perform, it is not enough to conquer the world.
Cultivation is daily loss of possession. Like your wife and children, your final feeling is they are your brothers only. If you still insist they are your possession, then you have not surrendered to the Self or God. This is to detach yourself from the world mentally but not physically. So don't be a hermit staying in the mountain. That is useless as this is called selfish, only to benefit self but not the world.
To conquer the world is to conquer self. The teaching of Confucianism is about the same. They are 1. cultivate self, 2. regulate the family, 3. cure the country and then 4. conquer the world or bring world peace. This poem is mainly on cultivating self. However it is the same when you intend to persue the Sage King mentality, you need to go into government. So how can a hermit run a country ?
For learning knowledge daily you increases it. For Tao you daily lost your status. Loss upon loss until you achieve inaction. Inaction is also none that is not affected. To conquer the world must always have nothing to do; if you have things to perform, it is not enough to conquer the world.
Cultivation is daily loss of possession. Like your wife and children, your final feeling is they are your brothers only. If you still insist they are your possession, then you have not surrendered to the Self or God. This is to detach yourself from the world mentally but not physically. So don't be a hermit staying in the mountain. That is useless as this is called selfish, only to benefit self but not the world.
To conquer the world is to conquer self. The teaching of Confucianism is about the same. They are 1. cultivate self, 2. regulate the family, 3. cure the country and then 4. conquer the world or bring world peace. This poem is mainly on cultivating self. However it is the same when you intend to persue the Sage King mentality, you need to go into government. So how can a hermit run a country ?
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