Vitality, Energy, Spirit Quotes

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― Thomas Cleary, Vitality, Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebook

“Since the refinement of the three treasures requires the removal of emotions, it is necessary to govern the mind. What is governing the mind? The mind is originally pure, the mind is originally calm; openness and freedom are both basic qualities of mind, this means we should keep it as it is in its original fundamental state, clear as a mountain stream, pure, fresh, unpolluted, silent as an immense canyon, free from clamor, vast as the universe, immeasurable in extent, open as a great desert, its bounds unknown.”
― Thomas Cleary, Vitality, Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebook

“Wisdom should control courtesy. Courtesy should control righteousness. Righteousness should control benevolence. Benevolence should control trustworthiness. Trustworthiness should control wisdom. When these five natures produce and control each other thus in a continuous circle, then no element of personality dominates; they all interact, balancing each other, resulting in completeness of the five natures.”
― Thomas Cleary, Vitality, Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebook