Law of Reversed Effort

Anthony wrote:

"Dear all,

I came across the following quote in a newspaper one day and want to share it with you. It does have some connection with the chapter (in THE SUTRA OF COMPLETE ENLIGHTENMENT 圓覺經 ) we’ll be studying.

There is a Law of Reversed Effort. The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed. Proficiency and the results of proficiency come only to those who have learnt the paradoxical art of doing and not doing, or combining relaxation with activity, of letting go as a person in order that the immanent and transcendent Unknown Quantity may take hold. We cannot make ourselves understand; the most we can do is to foster a state of mind, in which understanding may come to us.

- Aldous Huxley

Amen.

Anthony

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