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If a country is governed wisely,
its inhabitants will be content.
They enjoy the labor of their hands
and don't waste time inventing
labor-saving machines.
Since they dearly love their homes,
they aren't interested in travel.
There may be a few wagons and boats,
but these don't go anywhere.
There may be an arsenal of weapons,
but nobody ever uses them.
People enjoy their food,
take pleasure in being with their families,
spend weekends working in their gardens,
delight in the doings of the neighborhood.
And even though the next country is so close
that people can hear its roosters crowing and its dogs barking,
they are content to die of old age
without ever having gone to see it.
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Tao Te Ching, a New English Version, copyright ©️ 1988 by Stephen Mitchell, published by HarperCollins. All rights reserved.
If a mind is governed wisely, there is no need for hikes at Machu Picchu, yoga retreats, psychedelic trips in the Amazons or live Beethoven performances from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Every magical, mystical, revealing or revitalizing experience becomes superfluous.
Depending on experiences to clear your mind is like pouring water into a bucket with a hole on it. Ordinary people fixate on finding more water to fill it back up, the Master looks for the hole and mends it.
There could be such a thing as a life changing experience, sometimes while searching for roots you may find gold, but it’s not by any means necessary. It makes no sense to look for oneself, somewhere else.
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