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To follow Tao seems pointless.
To search for awareness is counterproductive.
To seek enlightenment: stay still!


Tao is like fallen rain on thirsty soil:
On the surface, Tao seems gone and all is dry;
But Tao sinks deep, refreshing roots.

Tao seems deceptive, yet is utterly honest.
Tao seems tricky and twisted, yet is completely straightforward.

Tao seems hidden and barely perceived, yet stands clearly in plain sight.


Never evasive!
Ever elusive!
Tao!

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There is no point in 'following' Tao: you will never catch up! Wait patiently like a birdwatcher, for the shy creature to make itself known.
  Too much 'awareness' can become like a drug which paralyses action. Balance stillness with activity, and don't get hooked on either.

Trying to 'understand' or 'make sense of' Tao soon leads to bafflement with its seeming contradictions, inconsistencies and absurdities.
To become familiar with Tao entails a balancing of intellectual with instinctive, creative, or meditative modes of the personality.


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