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Seek Ye the Kingdom of God; and All These Things Shall Be Added Unto You

Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.   Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.   Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.   But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.   Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.   Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. My late father and mother once told me that we need to live responsib...

Joshu Mu - Transcending Duality

His "MU" was a blow aimed at breaking or untying the attachment even at the teaching itself; the essence is non-attachment. All human troubles and sufferings, without exception, are due to attachment. Even attachment to the idea of non-attachment is the attachment. It transcends the relative world and gains the free and independent world of satori. . . Our life is always attached to the relative: the "is" and the "is not," "good" and "bad," "right" and "wrong". But life itself constantly changing: the condition of society changes, right and wrong changes. Every situation is different according to the time and place. Static concepts are not appropriate to life, but the concepts like faith, hope, and love are; because they grow and evolve.