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Chuang Tzu - from Wholeness
Identifier
015087
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
from WHOLENESS
"How does the true man of Tao
Walk through walls without obstruction,
Stand in fire without being burnt?"
Not because of cunning
Or daring;
Not because he has learned,
But because he has unlearned.
All that is limited by form, semblance, sound, color,
Is called object.
Among them all, man alone
Is more than an object.
Though, like objects, he has form and semblance,
He is not limited to form. He is more.
He can attain to formlessness.
When he is beyond form and semblance,
Beyond "this" and "that,"
Where is the comparison
With another object?
Where is the conflict?
What can stand in his way?