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Foreword


5.428.     AR AR

To   grow   a   garden   means   to   be   attentive   to   10,000   small   objects,   seeing   the   seeds   of   something   big   in   something   small.

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5.585.     AR AR

Modesty   results   from   self-belief,   and   self-humiliation   is   the   absence   of   self-belief.

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5.562.     AR AR

One   who   obeys   the   force   of   waves   has   no   firmness   and   cannot   achieve   his   goal.   Waves   are   inconstant   and   have   no   love   for   their   goals.

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5.616.     AR AR

When   you   got   into   impassability,   sit   down   and   do   some   self-improvement.   When   you   have   known   the   haze,   impassability   will   disappear,   and   you   will   move   on.

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3.1070.     AR AR

Effectiveness   and   precision   are   different   things.   Precision   is   not   very   effective   for   a   number   of   reasons.   It   would   be   more   appropriate   to   point   the   target   than   the   mark.   The   bigger   the   target,   the   more   chances   you   have   to   hit   it.

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3.2095. Double fear.     AR AR

Suspiciousness   is   the   fear   of   falling   into   the   sky   and   that   of   the   sky’s   falling   on   the   ground.

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5.741.     AR AR

Morally   is   when   you   act   consciously   according   to   the   previously   taken   intention.

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3.2105.     AR AR

The   void/things   relationship   is   said   to   be   the   coincidence/equivalence   relationship.   That   is,   we   are   worthy   of   things   we   have   and   unworthy   of   those   we   don   not.

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5.3292.     AR AR

The   knowledge   of   truth   makes   a   person   merciful.   Now   that   he   knows   the   causes   and   properties   of   evil,   anger   and   fear   leave   his   soul.

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3.2088.     AR AR

To   see   truth,   step   back.

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5.3293.     AR AR

When   thinking   about   others,   be   loyal   to   their   interests.   When   thinking   about   yourself,   be   loyal   to   your   interests.

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5.3294.     AR AR

One   can   devote   his   time   only   to   three   entities:   service,   learning   or   vice.   Of   course,   vice   could   be   called   pleasure   and   be   divided   into   the   harmful   and   the   useful,   but   that   would   be   a   lie   and   a   guile.

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3.2103. Do what you have to.     AR AR

Doing   what   you   have   to   brings   joy.   Joy   is   illumination.   You   become   a   hero   when   doing   what   you   have   to.

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5.3402.     AR AR

A   noble   person   does   not   participate   in   competitions   because   he   serves   his   dream,   not   his   vanity.

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5.3407.     AR AR

The   veneration   of   ancestors   makes   the   living   stronger.   The   farther   in   the   past   a   person   venerates   his   ancestors,   the   more   strength   he   obtains   for   his   future-related   aspirations.

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3.2108.     AR AR

Is   there   no   median   value   in   doing   a   job   by   one-half?   –   Yes,   if   it   is   the   other   half.   In   any   new   job,   one   half   should   be   old   jobs   and   one   half   new   ones.

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3.2109. Keep silent and do it.     AR AR

Do   not   tell   yourself   what   to   do.   Just   do   it   silently.   Stay   silent   in   your   thoughts.

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5.3413.     AR AR

A   person   interested   in   detail   is   polite.   Even   if   he   is   himself   aware   of   everything,   he   will   rejoice   his   master   by   telling   him   what   the   latter   loves.

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5.3203.     AR AR

Traditions,   rituals,   habits,   laws,   ethics   and   morality,   plans   are   all   facets   of   the   same   essence   of   order.

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5.3186.     AR AR

Many   things   that   do   not   work   when   apart   become   miraculously   effective   when   they   get   together   and   acquire   unity.

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5.3187.     AR AR

Man   is   inconstant,   but   he   can   benefit   from   rituals   (habits   and   laws)   which   he   can   adopt   or   even   make   up   to   control   himself   and,   thus,   get   access   to   energy   and   the   force   of   order.

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5.3189.     AR AR

I   tell   you   to   be   diligent   because,   if   you   do   not   succeed   every   time,   it   is   no   big   deal.   Diligence   is   like   a   vector   of   movement   or   an   extended   arm   string.   If   you   generally   follow   the   direction,   minor   lapses   are   not   to   be   afraid   of.

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5.3260.     AR AR

Real   sincerity   is   when   a   person   avoids   saying   what   he   does   not   think.   He   avoids   speaking   without   thinking.   When   a   person   speaks   without   thinking,   either   he   tells   a   lie   or   his   mind   is   sleeping.

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5.3296.     AR AR

Rituals   and   ceremonies   demand   effortlessness   and   lightness.   Tension   and   effort   ruin   everything.   The   meaning   of   rituals   is   to   make   something   heavy   light,   not   the   reverse.   The   meaning   of   rituals   is   to   give,   not   to   take,   energy.   Rituals   are   useful   and   usefulness   is   joyful.   Without   joy,   there   is   no   realization   of   usefulness.   What’s   more,   effortlessness   points   to   the   victory   over   fear.   The   main   rationale   for   rituals   is   to   kill   fear.

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5.3297.     AR AR

The   right   path   is   joyful.   He   who   follows   the   right   path   is   inspired   and   seems   to   fly…   borne   by   the   wind   or   flowing   waters.

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5.3299.     AR AR

People   will   not   learn   about   you   before   you   learn   about   people.

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5.3323.     AR AR

A   person   should   perform   a   ritual   by   himself,   without   external   reminders.   Otherwise,   it   is   no   ritual   but   a   fake.

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5.3401.     AR AR

Ascending   a   mountain   is   a   scarification   to   the   mountain   rather   than   the   victory   over   it.   By   sacrificing   himself   to   his   dream,   a   person   obtains   its   benevolence.  

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5.3403.     AR AR

A   noble   person   can   participate   in   a   competition,   his   only   aim   being   to   lose   and   pay   his   respects   to   the   big   person.

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5.3414.     AR AR

The   essence   of   spiritual   beauty   is   to   hit   the   target,   not   the   very   center   of   the   target.   Precision   is   truth   and   approximation   is   lie,   yet   the   facets   of   precision   can   be   different.   A   sincere   and   virtuous   intention   has   more   truth   in   it   than   a   vain   lie.

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5.3419.     AR AR

Both   in   sadness   and   in   joy,   one   should   do   without   excesses.

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5.3423.     AR AR

A   wise   one   finds   profit   in   love   because   love   is   the   source   of   energy   and   rituals.   A   person   stupid   in   love   loses   energy   because   he   does   not   stick   to   the   ritual   and   is   unreserved.   A   person   intelligent   in   love   seeks   energy   and   a   person   stupid   in   love   seeks   pleasure.

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5.3424.     AR AR

A   noble   man   is   humane   because   strength   has   mercy   on   weakness   and   strength   has   no   fear   in   it.   Where   there   is   no   fear,   there   is   no   anger   or   rancor   either.

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5.3436. Pay attention to details.     AR AR

Upon   seeing   someone’s   vice,   run   to   the   mirror   in   fear   to   check   if   vermin   has   contaminated   you.

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5.3437.     AR AR

Let   other   people’s   flaws   remind   you   to   be   vigilant.

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5.3451.     AR AR

Communication   with   ancestors   makes   the   living   stronger.   The   veneration   of   ancestors   allows   a   person   to   draw   energy   from   the   past   in   order   to   build   his   future.

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5.3455.     AR AR

Reality   is   cognition.   All   things   not   cognized   are   unreal.

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5.3456.     AR AR

Holidays   and   rituals   are   useful   only   if   cognized.   That   means   they   automatically   bring   joy   and   inspiration.

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5.3462.     AR AR

Cognition   is   attention   to   changes.   Attention   to   changes   is   necessary   to   have   enough   time   to   respond   the   other   way   round   while   keeping   the   balance.   Or   to   respond   in   such   a   way   as   to   trigger   growth   or   fruit-bearing.

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The beginning of the book


7.48.     AR AR

Devotion  is  the  same  as  persistence,  you  devotedly  serve  something  you  love  and  this  is  the  only  way  to  success.

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5.416.     AR AR

When a man makes a breakthrough, he is waiting for a collision with someone who will slow him down. Hardness of the man, meeting after breakthrough softness of the woman, gets bogged down in a bog.

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5.417.     AR AR

The sky is very hard for those in a hurry. Impatience will knock your head against the sky. To restrain himself so as not to burn.

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5.425.     AR AR

The temple of the ancestors is needed to inherit their energy and beauty. The ancestral temple is a battery of energy.

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5.429.     AR AR

To gather stones – it means to create community, amassing power, and so, cleaning of stones from the ground, to build the Foundation of the garden.

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5.430.     AR AR

A leader, before organizing people, must organize himself and become the object of admiration and love of his followers.

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5.431.     AR AR

In the pursuit of discipline and order, haste is unnecessary. In the pursuit of chaos and destruction, haste is the only weapon.

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5.432.     AR AR

Firmness and strength come from restraint, beauty and the desire for order. Restraint is the pursuit of order

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5.434.     AR AR

Love is only between those who go to the same goal. The goals of the mind shape love. The goals of the body form only a short-lived passion.

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5.435.     AR AR

Cohesion is possible around the source of truth or following the guiding star. The source of truth is simultaneously light, a source of energy, power and a symbol of beauty.

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5.438.     AR AR

Self-respect comes from having power. Knowledge is power, truth is a beautiful source of power. Inner and outer beauty and perfection are a great source of power.

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5.439.     AR AR

The main sacrifice is the sacrifice of one's time to one's love.

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5.442.     AR AR

The altar has three legs. Strengthen your position with the fourth pillar, then you will not have to make sacrifices.

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5.444. Train your body and nourish your spirit daily.     AR AR

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5.445.     AR AR

When it does not cease to grow, there will necessarily be exhaustion, because you need to grow intermittently, so as not to fall into exhaustion. Falling into exhaustion is a loss of acceleration and despondency for a long time, which is unacceptable.

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5.446.     AR AR

The Book of changes says that happiness lies in loyalty to the great man, and strength lies in sincerity and service to the truth.

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5.447.     AR AR

Trouble is like rain, which washes away dirt and overflows dams, but solid rain is not afraid, and rice grows in the water.

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5.448.     AR AR

Little people spend too much energy on idle chatter. Talking in circles about the same thing, the little man is like a squirrel in a wheel.

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5.449. Superconductor.     AR AR

Directing all your will to the realization of the intention, it is as if you are building drainage channels from an overflowing reservoir, redirecting energy to the right direction. Willpower is weak, but the power of energy flow in such channels is huge. Energy channels, willpower rushing to the intended purpose, generate conductivity.

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5.450.     AR AR

The conductivity of energy is generated by the firmness of the will, directing its attention in the direction of the intended goal.

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