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The bow is pulled back before releasing. Step back before advancing. Prepare yourself in silence before acting. Move forward only when you know. To know is to do nothing. To do nothing is to accomplish all. To accomplish all, release all to twia. Let joy fly.
Hold your tongue. It does not all have to be said. To know is to be silent. To be silent gains friends. Friends offer loving-kindness. To act in loving-kindness says enough.
The waters do nothing. They flow. Follow their course. They nourish the valley. They do not act. They accomplish all by their own nature.
Your body has no significance. What is it to the universe? Another glob of particles that came together randomly only to fall apart. You, as the me of the body, struggle for meaning where there is none. Let go. Release attachment to all that is transitory. You are eternal in your true nature.
Have nothing. Be nothing. You will gain all. Wisdom is not in finery and words. Good works get you nowhere. Do not fill your heart with desires and expectations. Release pleasure and pain, happiness and sorrow. Tend to your needs in simple ways without attachments. Remove your garments. Sit naked in the cold. Care for nothing. Abundance will be yours. Your fulfillment lies in the room within, not in the world.
Remain in the room within. Do not lay claim to the world. The world is discontent. You are joy. Remain with joy always. From joy give to the world that which is truly yours. Your joy cannot be diminished.