Mair 19:1
She who understands the attributes of life does not strive for what is not doable in life; she who understands the attributes of destiny does not strive for that which is not permitted by destiny. For the nourishment of the physical form, material things are a necessary prerequisite, but sometimes there is a surplus of things yet the physical form goes unnourished. For there to be life, a necessary prerequisite is that it not be separated from the physical form, but there are instances of nonseparation from the physical form yet life is lost. When life comes, it cannot be refused; when life goes, it cannot be stopped. How sad that the people of the world think that nourishing the physical form is sufficient to preserve life! But when it turns out that nourishing the physical form is insufficient for the preservation of life, what in the world can be done that is sufficient? Although doing things is insufficient, one cannot but do them unless one avoids doing altogether.
If one wishes to avoid doing things for the physical form, there is no better course than to abandon the world. Once one abandons the world, there are no entanglements. When there are no entanglements, there will be correct equanimity. When there is correct equanimity, one will be born again with that. {{There are countless speculations about the meaning of this simple word (e.g., the creator, physical form, nature, God [Deus], etc.). I prefer to leave it as ambiguous as its Indic cognate tat in the well-known formulation tat tvam asi ("that thou art") from the Chandogya Upanisad (6,8,6) where tat ("that") represents the universal principle (brahman), tvam ("thou") the individual soul (atman), and asi is the verbal identification of the two.}} Having been born again, one is close to it. But why is it sufficient to abandon affairs and to be lax about life? By abandoning affairs, the form is not toiled; by being lax about life, the essence is not diminished. When the form is complete and the essence is restored, you become one with heaven. Heaven and earth are the father and mother of the myriad things. When they join, the body is complete; when they disperse, completion begins anew. When the form and the essence are undiminished, this is called adaptability. With the essence of the essence, you return to become the assistant of heaven.
If one wishes to avoid doing things for the physical form, there is no better course than to abandon the world. Once one abandons the world, there are no entanglements. When there are no entanglements, there will be correct equanimity. When there is correct equanimity, one will be born again with that. {{There are countless speculations about the meaning of this simple word (e.g., the creator, physical form, nature, God [Deus], etc.). I prefer to leave it as ambiguous as its Indic cognate tat in the well-known formulation tat tvam asi ("that thou art") from the Chandogya Upanisad (6,8,6) where tat ("that") represents the universal principle (brahman), tvam ("thou") the individual soul (atman), and asi is the verbal identification of the two.}} Having been born again, one is close to it. But why is it sufficient to abandon affairs and to be lax about life? By abandoning affairs, the form is not toiled; by being lax about life, the essence is not diminished. When the form is complete and the essence is restored, you become one with heaven. Heaven and earth are the father and mother of the myriad things. When they join, the body is complete; when they disperse, completion begins anew. When the form and the essence are undiminished, this is called adaptability. With the essence of the essence, you return to become the assistant of heaven.
What my mom used to say to me , if I was getting picky , was that if I didn't like that color candy , then I didn't really need to get any at all. And so , she would say, ' if you think the world is so bad , then leave it'.
Moreover , if the world handed everything to you on a platter , and all of it was sugar and spice , there truly wouldn't be anything for you to do , nor reason to do it. The world would be rendered useless boring and totally pointless.
If you think this is some kind of fake perspective.. consider the number of people that die right as soon they they retire.
The rich and famous who burn themselves out, or consider the rich powerful exec, or brass , who goes to a madam for regular spankings. The world must be understood to be benevolent in that it is NOT all heavenly sweetness , that one does NOT have a guaranteed road-map ,, ( as handy as that might seem )
But , if you think benevolence is only served up an silver platter , and just as you like it ,, well you just aren't going to get this point in the intended manner. And you're going to think that everyone who takes the world as the package deal , that it is , calling it good just like that - a bullshitter.
