A good traveler leaves no tracks,
and a skillful speaker is well rehearsed.
A good bookkeeper has an excellent memory,
and a well made door is easy to open and needs no locks.
A good knot needs no rope and it can not come undone.
Thus the Master is willing to help everyone,
and doesn't know the meaning of rejection.
She is there to help all of creation,
and doesn't abandon even the smallest creature.
This is called embracing the light.
What is a good person but a bad person's teacher?
What is a bad person but raw material for his teacher?
If you fail to honor your teacher or fail to enjoy your student,
you will become deluded no matter how smart you are.
It is the secret of prime importance.
If we are to be true stewards of our speck of dust in the universe, we need to be wise. We need, above all else, to understand, to grok, to intuit our place in the homeostasis of this planet.
Gaians live without leaving tracks. We have no carbon footprint. We have no ownership. That idea is meaningless. We are part of the process of dissipating high quality energy into heat- nothing more, nothing less.
To be a steward is to teach. Just as thermodynamics demands that energy flows from high to low, so should information flow. The Elders teach the Professors, who in turn teach the Willing. The person beginning to understand has the responsibility to pass the knowledge to the neighbor.
There is energy. There is matter. They are the same. There is information that determines and records the relationship.
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