When the Shoe
Fits
Ch'ui the draftsman
Could draw more perfect circles freehand
Than with a compass.
Could draw more perfect circles freehand
Than with a compass.
His fingers brought
forth
Spontaneous forms from nowhere. His mind
Was meanwhile free and without concern
With what he was doing.
Spontaneous forms from nowhere. His mind
Was meanwhile free and without concern
With what he was doing.
No application was
needed
His mind was perfectly simple
And knew no obstacle.
His mind was perfectly simple
And knew no obstacle.
So, when the shoe
fits
The foot is forgotten,
When the belt fits
The belly is forgotten,
When the heart is right
"For" and "against" are forgotten.
The foot is forgotten,
When the belt fits
The belly is forgotten,
When the heart is right
"For" and "against" are forgotten.
No drives no
compulsions,
No needs, no attractions:
Then your affairs
Are under control.
You are a free man.
No needs, no attractions:
Then your affairs
Are under control.
You are a free man.
Easy is right. Begin
right
And you are easy.
Continue easy and you are right.
The right way to go easy
Is to forget the right way
And forget that the going is easy.
And you are easy.
Continue easy and you are right.
The right way to go easy
Is to forget the right way
And forget that the going is easy.
~ Chuang Tzu ~
(In the Dark Before Dawn,
trans. Thomas Merton)
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