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I do not consent. There are no unsacred places; there are sacred places and desecrated places. — Wendell Berry To whatever degree man attempts to control nature, nature responds in kind. It cannot be mastered but it can be destroyed. In so doing, man destroys himself. — Wu Hsin In humility is the greatest freedom. — Thomas Merton #nature #taoism #zen #buddhism
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The sage ... accomplishes very much indeed because it is the
Tao that acts in him and through him. He does not act of and by himself, still less for himself alone. His action is not a violent manipulation of exterior reality,
an "attack" on the outside world, bending it to his conquering will:
on the contrary, he respects
external reality by yielding to it,
and his yielding is at once an
act of worship, a recognition of sacredness, and a perfect accomplishment of what is demanded by the precise situation.
–Thomas Merton, Mystics and
Zen Masters (1967)
#tao
#zen
#wuwei
#thomasmerton
