In a world where images, achievements and the history we create, are often used to evaluate the degree to which we have realised our potential...it is enlightening to remember these words (adapated from an original quote by Chuang-tzu.)
They paint a very different picture of what our world could look like once our full potential is realised...
"In the age when life on earth was full, no one paid any special attention to worthy people, nor did they single out the person of ability. Rulers were simply the highest branches on the trees and the people were like deer in the woods. They were honest and righteous without realizing that they were "doing their duty". They loved each other, and did not know that this was "love of neighbor". They deceived no one but did not know they were "people to be trusted". They were reliable and did not know that this was "good faith". They lived freely together giving and taking and did not know they were generous. For this reason, their deeds have not been narrated. They made no history."
This quote has been adapted from a quote from Chuang-tzu which appears in the book "Soul Food" – by Jack Kornfield & Kristina Feldman from a chapter entitled "Here and Now: Simplicity with What Is".
"In the age when life on earth was full, no one paid any special attention to worthy people, nor did they single out the person of ability. Rulers were simply the highest branches on the trees and the people were like deer in the woods. They were honest and righteous without realizing that they were "doing their duty". They loved each other, and did not know that this was "love of neighbor". They deceived no one but did not know they were "people to be trusted". They were reliable and did not know that this was "good faith". They lived freely together giving and taking and did not know they were generous. For this reason, their deeds have not been narrated. They made no history."
This quote has been adapted from a quote from Chuang-tzu which appears in the book "Soul Food" – by Jack Kornfield & Kristina Feldman from a chapter entitled "Here and Now: Simplicity with What Is".
