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Mind has no color,
Is neither long nor short,
Doesn’t appear or disappear;
It is free from both purity and impurity;
It was never born and can never die;
It is utterly serene.
This is the form of our
Original mind,
Which is also our original body.

~ Hui-hai (8th c.)

The Way is arrived at by enlightenment.
The first priority is to establish resolve
It is no small matter to step
Directly from the bondage
Of the ordinary person
Into transcendent experience
Of the realm of sages.
It requires that your mind
Be firm as steel
To cut off the flow of
Birth and death,
Accept your original real nature,
Not see anything at all as existing
Inside or outside yourself,
So all actions and endeavors
Emerge from the fundamental.

~ Yuan wu (1063-1135)

He who sincerely seeks his real purpose in life is himself sought by that purpose.
As he concentrates on that search a light begins to clear his confusion,
call it revelation, call it inspiration, call it what you will.
It is mistrust that misleads. Sincerity leads straight to the goal.

~ Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan