Becoming "like water" means simply to stop fighting gravity.
When you stop fighting gravity, you inherit the Earth's gravitational attraction to yourself. Magnetic is an understatement.
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This reminds me of your "a tree with a stiff branch breaks" tweet.
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It’s essential Taoist thought—both analogies come from there. Highly recommend getting familiar with it: it’s about learning *from* nature instead of learning *about* nature.
Some books if you’re interested:
- Tao Te Ching
- Zhuangzi
- Liezi
- Tao: The Watercourse Way
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Many things to learn from nature, even though they're not trying to teach.
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Perhaps that’s exactly why? 😉
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These books are of their nature such that of them, one can never say “I have read it.”
You’ve glanced at it, projected to it whatever was on your mind at the time; but you have never read—or fully comprehended—it.
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