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minus-squareSergio@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down1·1 month agoThere’s a parable about this Taoist Master who’s seen standing by a mountain view. They ask the Master: are you meditating? And the Master says no, I’m just standing here. They ask the Master: are you contemplating nature? And the Master says no, I’m just standing here. They ask the Master: are you waiting for something? And the Master says no, I’m just standing here. Sometimes it’s okay to just stand there.
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 month agoIt’s nice to sometimes let the world pass by instead of always trying to keep up
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoIt’ll still be there when you get done chilling.
minus-squaresynae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month ago“And thus, the students were enlightened”
There’s a parable about this Taoist Master who’s seen standing by a mountain view.
They ask the Master: are you meditating? And the Master says no, I’m just standing here.
They ask the Master: are you contemplating nature? And the Master says no, I’m just standing here.
They ask the Master: are you waiting for something? And the Master says no, I’m just standing here.
Sometimes it’s okay to just stand there.
It’s nice to sometimes let the world pass by instead of always trying to keep up
It’ll still be there when you get done chilling.
“And thus, the students were enlightened”