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45. Perfection[Chapter 45 / English Translation] - click the line to watch the related video.Big's completion seems missing something.
Its use never tires it out.
Big's fullness seems empty.
Its use never exhausts it.
Big's straight seems winding.
Big's capability seems incapable.
Big's speech seems poor.
Movement defeats cold.
Stillness defeats heat.
Being clear and still makes you the master of the world under the sky.
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The word "Big" suggests Tao. Tao's perfection doesn't look perfect. The
world in front of you is a good example. Does it look perfect to your
eyes? Well, your definition of perfection is biassed if it doesn't look
so. Your hologram (=the world) is always perfect, and has nothing
"missing".
Tao (=true You) creates your hologram constantly. It never stops it.
Tao is omnipresent. It fills up the world (=your hologram). Even an "empty" space is filled with it.
The fundamental energy Tao will never be "exhausted", thanks to your
interminable emission of it. The more you use your hologram (=the
world) and accept it, the more energy "goes back" to Tao.
What you see in the world (=your hologram) is not exactly the same as
in Tao. Tao doesn't have time or space. They only exist in your
hologram.
Tao doesn't look capable of doing anything at all because its cause and
result are too far apart for you to comprehend inside the world of the
limited logic that you are familiar with. That's why you get confused
when Dar Depth Female works. Do nothing and have Dark Depth do the work.
Tao's speech sounds very poor. When you talk about Tao, people don't
believe what you are explaining. If they don't laugh at you, what you
are telling about Tao is false. (☞See Chapter 40)
Tao's "movement" is hidden inside "cold". Tao is essential to your hologram, and, everything, including cold, is part of it.
Tao's "stillness" is hidden inside "heat" for the same reason. Tao is
still and moving at the same time because there is no time and space
there. Don't apply modern science to Tao.
If you are "clear" and "still", you will be "the master" of your
hologram (="the world under the sky"). In other word, when you are
calm, you can easily remember that true You are Tao itself. One easy
way to do it is to accept the world (=your hologram), be grateful to
it, and love it.
Videos / YouTube playlist
- 45-1 Completion
- 45-2 Never tired
- 45-3 Full = Empty
- 45-4 No exhaustion
- 45-5 Straight = Winging
- 45-6 Capable = Incapable
- 45-7 Poor speech
- 45-8 Tozan Ryokai / Cold
- 45-9 Heat
- 45-10 Clear & Still
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