Reflections on Hua Hu Ching
July 4, 2023
Reclaim your true nature
You are bewildered in the dust of the world. It billows up along your path. You stumble and fall into the brambles along the side of the road. On you go, scratched and torn. And yet this path is all you know. You dare not leave it. To leave it is to die in your mind. You fear oblivion and are ignorant of your true nature.
Attachment to this and that is separation from the whole of the all. Your activity as the me of the body forms attachments to this and that. Desire and expectation flourish. You live in pleasure and pain, happiness and sorrow. Do nothing. Remember twia. Enter the room within. Remove the dust from your eyes. Gain clarity. Find awareness in what you thought was lost. Reclaim your true nature. You are I AM. Know this within, without attachment. There is nothing to grasp or cling to. Only consciousness. Twia knows the way. Do nothing. Let twia guide you.
To enter the room within is to renew clarity in your true nature. Your eyes will open. Your ears are unplugged. Your heart regains wisdom and joy. Peace comes upon you. To enter the room within, eliminate judgment and hope. There is no past. No future. Only the moment within. Enter without desire and expectation. Remove attachments to worldly ways. Be the witness. Turn your awareness inward to observe thoughts and emotions. Do not cling to them. Focus awareness in the moment. Embrace twia. Twia brings clarity to the moment. Use your vision to walk the way of the path. To walk the way of the path is to hold peace of heart always.
The world is your deviation from reality. You exist in form as the me of the body. You experience separation. You forget your true nature. You are ignorant of reality and fear of oblivion. Ignorance and fear draw you deeper into separation. To overcome separation, do nothing. Live simply, without desire and expectation.
Do not check the river’s flow with judgment and hope. Do nothing. Allow the river to flow freely. Be its witness. Do not try to master it. Decrease desire, attachment, and learning. Detach from thought and emotion. Be their witness. They muddy the river and obscure its clarity. Let the waters settle. Sit in the still silence of the room within. Remember twia. You are the water. It knows the way to the sea.