Knowledge and Attainment

Chuang Tzu

He who knows what God is, and who knows what man is, has attained. Knowing what God is, he knows that he himself proceeded therefrom.
Knowing what man is, he rests in the knowledge of the known, waiting for the knowledge edge of the unknown. Working out one’s allotted span, and not perishing in mid-career, —this is the fullness of knowledge.
Herein, however, there is a flaw. Knowledge is dependent upon fulfillment, and as this fulfillment is uncertain, how can it be known that my divine is not really human, my human really divine? We must have pure men, and then only can we have pure knowledge.

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