Chanyuan Corpus

Looking for Your Own Garden of

Eden
Xuefeng

Even tigers may be teased by dogs when they leave the remote
mountains and come to lush and flat areas, dragons can be duped by
shrimp when they are in shallow water, camels along the coast are harder
to ride than donkeys, and domestic captive phoenixes are worse off than
chickens.

The tiger is the king of the mountains, but tigers can only give
play to their power and prestige in the mountains. Once they come
down to the plains, a pack of wild dogs will dare to tease them.

Dragon are lords of the abyss, but dragons can only summon wind
and call for rain in the abyss. If they fall into shallow depressions or
ponds, the little shrimp and small fish can dupe them.

Camels can only demonstrate their most valuable qualities in

deserts, but if one lives along the coast, it would be less useful than a
donkey.
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Phoenixes can roar out songs and show their magnificence in the
quiet of plane trees, but if they are unfortunate enough to be kept in
cages with feathers falling and listless in form and spirit, then they
are worse than chickens.

These phenomena suggest such a truth, that all kinds of LIFE can
only give full play to themselves and demonstrate their most precious
qualities and values when they live in the environments suited to
their natures. If they ares unfortunate to live in an environment not
suited to their own characteristics, not only can they not play out
their strengths, but they might even be teased and duped by other
creatures around them.
I call the environment which best suits ones survival, their Garden
of Eden.

One who is kind should not be a commander. If you are kind and
soft, then you should never lead an army into battle, for you would
never become a general.

One who is righteous should not engage in trade. If you have a

strong sense of justice and are ready to help the weak, then you
should never go into business, for you would never become wealthy.

One who is honest should not enter into politics. If you like
seeking out the truth from facts and adhering to the truth, then you
should never enter politics, for you would never become a senior
official.

One who has a loving heart should not marry. If you have a loving
heart, then you should never marry, for your love would be tied up
and unable to shine with brilliance.

One who has a noble soul should not mingle in the secular word. If
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you have a graceful heart, then you should never mingle in the
secular world, for you would be regarded as silly and your beauty
would go unappreciated.

One who is unsophisticated should not engage in writing. If you

are honest and simple, then you should never engage in writing, for
your articles would not possess literary elegance and would likely
invite scorn and ridicule.

One of integrity should not engage in the art of war. If you

advocate honesty and hate cheating, then you should never go into a
war to confront others, for The art of war is full of tricks.
Confronting others, whether civil or military, is all about tactics and
tricks, so you would be doomed to lose.

Seek out those people who appreciate you, are nice to you, and who like
you, but do not try to change anyone, especially those whose ideas and
views are always against yours. "A leopard cannot change its spots. One
cannot change one's essential nature". To those people who have different
frequencies of mind and consciousness, no matter how impressively you
sing their praises, how you comfort them, how you attempt to persuade
them, they will never appreciate your feelings or understand your
intentions. Even if you open your heart to them, they will still be indifferent
and persist in their old ways.

When you find your Garden of Eden, you should cherish it. Never take
for granted that you can do anything and give up your Garden of Eden.
There was a Division Commander who battled like a fish in water and was
very capable when he was in the army, but he grew proud and conceited
and thought he would be capable in any environment, so he left the army
and entered into civil administration. There, he expected to play a great
role, yet after years of rushing about, he suffered setbacks everywhere and
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could not achieve anything. The hero in the army became good for nothing
during peacetime. Why? Because he had left his own Garden of Eden.
Never assume that cacti can grow everywhere or can please everyone.

That which comes easiest is the most valuable, however, that which
comes easiest is the mostly likely to be ignored and undervalued. The
Greatest Creator has given each of us a chance to access their Garden of
Eden, but many of us do not pay due attention and do not value and
understand their Nature as much. Many people get it and then lose it. It is
easy to gain, than lose. What a pity!

Everyone has their own Garden of Eden and it is only inside of it that
they will live out their elegant demeanour. If you are away from your
Garden of Eden, you will be frustrated and have difficult times and even be
regarded as a "waste or "good for nothing by others around you.

The White Swan was unfortunate to live within flocks of chickens and
ducks in the beginning, being laughed at and mocked by them, and was
ridiculed as, "the ugly duckling". The genius painter, Vincent Van Gogh
was spiritually enlightened, but had the misfortune to be living in a secular
society, so he was unappreciated and taken advantage of all throughout his
life and eventually died in poverty and with depression. Jiang Ziya, the
founding minister of the Zhou Dynasty went to do business, but ended up
with losses rather than profits. Chen Jingrun, who took the crown pearl of
the Goldbach Conjecture, went to the market to buy vegetables and was
ridiculed as being "a bit silly.

If you want to make your Life happy, joyful, free, and blessed, if you
want to play to your strengths and expertise, if you want to stand out and
rank high, and if you want to climb to the highest realm of Life and LIFE,
then you must find your own Garden of Eden. If you come from the
thousand-year world or the ten-thousand-year world of heaven, then you
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must not envy the world's high positions and great wealth and not waste
your time trying to get your ideal life from the mortal world, because its
soil is not suitable for you to grow in, bloom, and bear fruit. Your Garden
of Eden is in heaven, not in the mortal world.

Look for your own Garden of Eden!

I hope that everyone will find their own Garden of Eden!

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