Reflections on Hua Hu Ching
July 8, 2023
Joy is your true nature
Do not weary your jaw bone with talk of wisdom. You do not know. To know is to not say. To know is to act in twia. To accept all outcomes with peace of heart. No words are needed. To know is to realize in an instant that you are not what you think you are. You are not the separation you perceive. You are the whole of the all. Know this in the still silence of the room within. Loosen your joy. Still your mind. Be the witness. Remember twia. You are I AM. There is no other.
Twia comes to you naturally in the room within. The way of the path brings you there. Do not cling to the signpost. Words will not get you to your destination. You must leave the signpost and walk the way. To walk the way is to stop. To do nothing. To sit in the still silence of the room within without words. Still your mind. Be its witness. Embrace the darkness. The light will shine through on its own. Merge with its wisdom. Accept its joy as your own true nature.
Do nothing. Your actions from desire and expectation fuel pleasure and pain, happiness and sorrow. These are not the joy that is your true nature. To be your true nature is to live beyond the body and its personality. You are not who you say you are. You have no words to say what is real. What is the time to you between birth and death? What do you bring to your existence? Pleasure and pain, happiness and sorrow – or joy? Do not say this. Do not follow that. Separation is the way of the world. You are eternal joy. Live fully in its wisdom. Enter the room within. Embrace the whole of the all. Act from twia. Hold peace of heart always.
Do not cause harm. See in all that which I AM. The whole of the all is awareness. Nowhere in existence is there separation from consciousness. To harm is to strike your own nature. To give is to receive. Give what you wish to receive in all situations. Offer loving-kindness to all, always. Unceasingly.
Consciousness dwells in the whole of the all. This is awareness. This is I AM. Express yourself with loving-kindness. Do not contend. Do not harm. Give what you wish to receive. To harm is to receive harm. To express joy is to receive joy. You have forgotten your true nature. You chase after desires. You expect outcomes that benefit you over others. You forget that you do not lack. Remember your abundance. You are fulfilled in twia. You depend on nothing. You are the whole of the all.