Tao Te Ching - 4
Once a cultivator told his teacher that he was so humble in his mind, he saw himself as a tiny speck of dust. His teacher replied, "Until your mind is not filled with even a tiny speck of dust but is completely empty and void, you will have the capabilities beyond time/space and functions to create without limit."
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Tao Te Ching
The Tao is like an empty vessel:
Used but never used up.
It is like the eternal void:
Filled with infinite possibilities.
The Tao:
Smoothes out the sharp edges,
Harmonizes the conflicts,
Softens the glare,
Merges with the dust.
It is hidden but always present.
I don't know who gave birth to it.
It is older than Heaven and Earth.
Translated by Chiyan Wang
Edited by Robert H. Smitheram