{"id":1418,"date":"2024-03-04T21:53:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T21:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qigongessencial.pt\/without-seeking-fullness\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T12:24:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T12:24:33","slug":"without-seeking-fullness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qigongessencial.pt\/en\/lao-tse\/without-seeking-fullness\/","title":{"rendered":"Without seeking fullness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:center bottom;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:8%;--awb-padding-bottom:8%;--awb-background-color:#faf9f6;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:60px;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInDown\" data-animationDuration=\"1.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Without seeking fullness<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the beginning, he who follows the Tao<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been considered subtle, mysterious and inexplicably insightful,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">too deep to be understood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because it&#8217;s so elusive, it&#8217;s very difficult to describe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prudent, like crossing a stream in winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attentive, like someone who is suspicious of those around him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Formal, like someone conducting a memorial service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He lets his heart crack like melting ice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He retains his rough character like raw wood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It empties your mind like an open valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is opaque with muddy water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are those who remain motionless while the murky water becomes clear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are those who remain calm and find that the moment to act arises on its own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are those who follow the Tao and don&#8217;t seek fulfillment,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">simply because it&#8217;s unrealized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this way, you can be named and reach the Tao.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3480,"featured_media":0,"parent":1533,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1418","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qigongessencial.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qigongessencial.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qigongessencial.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qigongessencial.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qigongessencial.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qigongessencial.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1418\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qigongessencial.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qigongessencial.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}