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Neiye - Verse 14
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027483
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
Extract from the Guanzi (管子) : THE INNER ENTERPRISE (Neiye內業) - translation by Robert Eno
When your four limbs are balanced and the qi
of your blood tranquil,
unify your thoughts and concentrate your mind.
Eyes and ears never astray,
though distant, it will be as though near.
Contemplative thought gives birth to knowledge;
careless laxity gives birth to cares;
violent arrogance gives birth to resentments;
cares and melancholy give birth to illness.
If you contemplate things and don’t let go,
you will be harried within and haggard without.
If you don’t plan against this early on,
your life will slip away from its abode.
When eating, it is best not to eat one’s fill.
When contemplating, it is best not to carry it to the end.
When there is regularity and equilibrium,
it will come of itself.
If you don’t plan against this early on,
your life will slip away from its abode.
When eating, it is best not to eat one’s fill.
When contemplating, it is best not to carry it to the end.
When there is regularity and equilibrium,
it will come of itself.