解蔽

The universal affliction of people is to be blinded by one corner and darkened to the great pattern. With order, one returns to the constant; with equal doubts about two things, one falls into confusion. There are not two Ways in the world, nor does the sage have two minds. Yet the feudal lords have different governments and the hundred schools have different doctrines — some must be right and others wrong, some orderly and others chaotic.

How do people know the Way? I say: through the mind. How does the mind know? I say: through emptiness, unity, and stillness. The mind never stops storing, yet there is what is called emptiness. The mind never stops entertaining dualities, yet there is what is called unity. The mind never stops moving, yet there is what is called stillness.