"Many people waste their time in idle and usless discourse with the village lunatics who come to them screaming of supreme understanding while tearing their clothes and gnashing their teeth, wild eyed and covered in dirt.
Why?
Their desire to prove that which they have not yet fully understood themselves.
Prove nothing, for their is nothing to prove.
If people wish to deny that mountains are mountains, that rivers are rivers and that they Sun shines clearly in the sky, so be it. To argue with them would be a complete waste of time.
If you gently point towards these things with your finger or other means, and they become further incensed and agitated, screaming ever more vigorously, then I hope that you will have cause to meditate upon what I have said to you here and now.
Prove nothing, for their is nothing to prove, but do not let this admonishment cause you to fall into the trap of idleness.
Take good care of yourselves."
-Shan Tien.
Submitted December 01, 2017 at 11:16AM by TheSolarian http://ift.tt/2AwCi8K
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