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Although I know that all things are one, I still find myself trying to attain what is right and discard what is wrong.

One. If you have come to the realisation that all things are one, you will not be faced with the problem you raise now.

The other. You should not think that the enlightened don’t discern what is right from what is wrong in their lives. Although they distinguish right from wrong, they are never attached to the distinctions they make, because they know that they are empty.

Try your best to attain what is right and discard what is wrong. Without doing so, your life would be impossible. But don’t be attached to your decision. 

What matters now is not your trying to attain what is right and discard what is wrong but your attachment to your distinctions. 

©Boo Ahm

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