Thomas Merton's Red Diary

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Chuang Tzu.

The true men of old knew nothing of the love of life & the hatred of death ... They accepted their life & rejoiced in it, they forgot all fear of death ... Thus there was in them what is called the want of any mind to resist the Tao & of all attempts by means of the human to assist theHeavenly.

V1. 2.

Their minds were free from all thought, their demeanor was still & unmoved ...They did in regard to all things what was suitable & no one could know how far their action would go.

V. 1. 3.