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Always : regarding the Dao of eating -
Over-filling causes injury, and your form will not be right;
Over-fasting[W] makes your bones wither and your blood congeal.
When you reach the space between filling and fasting[W],
This is called achieving harmony -
That which is the dwelling place of essence
And that which is the creation of understanding.
When hunger and satiation lose their proper value,
Then use this plan of action :
When you are satiated, then move about quickly.
When you are hungry, then neglect your contemplation.
When you are old, then take charge of your concerns.
If you are satiated and do not move about quickly,
Your Qi will be obstructed in your four extremities.
If you are hungry and do not neglect your contemplation,
When you eat you will get full but you will not stop.
If you are old and do not take charge of your concerns,
When you are distressed, then you will be quickly exhausted.
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When you expand your heart/mind and free it,
When your Qi is magnanimous and vast,
When your form is calm and unchanging :
You can maintain Oneness[G] and reject the ten thousand trivialities,
You see profit and are not tempted,
You see trouble and are not frightened.
You are magnanimous, relaxed, and kind*;
When alone, you are happy with your self.
This is called cloud-like Qi -
Your intent and behavior resemble that of heaven.
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Always : at the birth of people -
They certainly have joy.
When they are worried, then they lose these tenets[X].
When they are angry, then they lose the source.
Where there is worry, grief, love, anger,
Then Dao does not dwell.
Love and desire : still them.
Foolishness and confusion : properly align them.
When you do not pull and do not push,[Y]
Good fortune will naturally return to you :
That Dao will naturally arrive,
Which you can rely on and consult with.
When you are still, then you attain it,
When you are impatient, then you lose it.
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