Vacuity, tranquillity, mellowness, quietness and taking no action characterise things of the universe at peace and represent the ultimate Tao and virtue. Therefore abide in them.
A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist!” “However,” replied the universe. “The fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.”
Whether you’re a gem in the royal court or a stone on the common path, if you accept your part with humility the glory of the universe will be yours.
The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control.
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning…
The universe has been created out of knowledge and action and seems also possessed of consciousness.
