When "disagreeable" and "agreeable" compete with each other, This makes your heart/mind sick. When you do not understand the deep and mysterious meaning of the Way, It is useless to merely quiet your thoughts. The Way is perfect and complete, just like the greatest void - Nothing lacking, nothing extra. It is precisely because you "select" and "reject" That you therefore do not perceive the Suchness of everything. Do not pursue Being and entanglements; Do not dwell in Emptiness and sufferance. When the mind is at peace in Oneness, Thus are these eliminated, and naturally fade away. When you try to stop activity to return to stillness, This stillness further increases activity. If you are always caught in one side or the other, [A] How can you know Oneness? When Oneness is not understood completely, Both of these viewpoints lose their usefulness : To reject Being is to merely lose Being; To embrace Emptiness is to merely be burdened by Emptiness. Too much talking, too much worrying, And you fall out of harmony[B] with the Way. Be done with talking, be done with worrying, And nothing will be closed to you. [C] Return to the source and you gain the meaning; Pursue enlightenment[D] and you lose this wisdom. But the moment you return to enlightenment[D], You go beyond and reject appearances and Emptiness. Apparent changes in appearances and Emptiness Are all caused by foolish opinions. You need not seek what is true and real, You must only stop having opinions. Do not dwell in dualistic opinions - Be careful not to pursue them. Not until "right" and "wrong" exist Does your heart/mind thus become lost in confusion. Duality is caused by the One's existence; But also do not dwell on the One. When your heart/mind is one, no thoughts arise; Then all things are without blame. When there is no blame, there can be no things; When no thoughts arise, there can be no heart/mind. When things cease to be, mind follows; [E] When mind settles, things are rejected. [E] Things are caused by mind, but are things as well; [E] Mind is caused by things, but is mind as well. [E] If you want to know both halves, Their origin is One Emptiness. Within One Emptiness both halves are the same, Each equally containing all forms. When you do not perceive "refined" and "coarse", How can preferences exist? The essence of the Great Way is vast - Nothing easy, nothing difficult. Those with petty opinions are full of doubt and suspicion; When they become anxious, they get behind. Attachments lead to loss of inner freedom, As you certainly enter the wrong path. Letting go leads to natural spontaneity, Where the essence of the Way is neither absent nor present. Allowing your inner nature to unite with the Way, Be free and done with aggravation. Restricted thinking is opposed to what is true and real, Sinking into darkness and confusion, which is not good.