Chapter 19
IndexCease learning, be free from worry. How much difference is there between 'yes' and 'yeah'?
How much difference is there between good and evil?
That which people fear, one must not fail to fear.
How boundless it is! It seems without end! The masses are jubilant, as if enjoying a great feast, as if ascending a terrace in spring.
I alone am quiet and unmoving, like an infant who has not yet learned to smile; listless, as though with no place to return.
The masses all have excess, but I alone seem lacking.
My mind is that of a fool - how blank! The common people are bright and clear, I alone seem dim.
The common people are sharp and discriminating, I alone am muddled and confused.
Vast like the sea, flowing without cease, the multitude all have their purpose, while I alone am stubborn and seem foolish.
I alone am different from others, and value drawing sustenance from the Mother.