A collection of notes in regard to Inaction.
Silence, it has been said by one writer, is a virtue which renders us agreeable to our fellow-creatures. Wu Wei means without doing, causing, or making. It flows like water, reflects like a mirror, and responds like an echo.
People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing—refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.Tolstoy
What is joy? Joy is the feeling of passing from a lesser to a greater perfection. Joy is the feeling that we are advancing towards happiness. What is happiness? Happiness is the state of the soul that feels itself free of all outside servitudes and feels itself in perfect accord with itself.
- Establishment of an always perfect tolerance, irrespective of the actions and words of others towards oneself.
- Truthfulness (to say only what is right).
- Rejection of hatred and worship. Not to follow any particular idea. Maintaining the mind in equanimity.
Many people are afraid of Emptiness,
because it reminds them of Loneliness.
incoming: wisdom