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An Empty sort of mind is valuable for finding pearls and tails and things because it can see what’s in front of it. An Overstuffed mind is unable to. While the Clear mind listens to a bird singing, the Stuffed-Full-of-Knowledge-and-Cleverness mind wonders what kind of bird is singing. The more stuffed up it is the less it can hear through its own ears and see through its own eyes.

Source: Benjamin Hoff “The Tao of Pooh”

Let your senses guide you, let them talk to you, let them lift you, let them sing to you. Don’t attempt to understand them through the use of knowledge, that will only blind you. Listen to the bird sing, not worry about what bird it is. Distractions interfere with reception. Just be: do and have will follow.

I love this wonderful little book, Pooh Bear teaches us the Tao in his own wonderful style.
I laughed and smiled and had my heart filled to the brim as I read this delightful book.
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The Tao of Pooh
by Benjamin Hoff by Penguin (Non-Classics)
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