The Living's Refinements

old takes

haChayim reference nine ancient texts frequently, citing them in ways that restore what we believe to be the original conscious intentions.

new phrasing

Though the ideas and stories are ancient, the ideas are as relevant in the modern age as ever, with only minor semantic updates needed.

𒄑𒉈𒂵𒄬 | The Epic of Gilgamesh

The oldest known epic has shocking spiritual depth & vitality.

Tablet II

“There is no permanence.”

Siduri’s Counsel, Tablet X

“Fill your belly with good things; day and night, dance and be merry… for this is the lot of man.”

Tablet I

He who saw all, who was the foundation of the land, who knew (everything), was wise in all matters: Gilgamesh

Ἡ Διττὴ Τριάς | The Double Triad

Two works from 3 Greek juggernauts: The Republic & Timaeus by Plato, Iliad & Odyssey by Homer, and Theogony & Work and Days by Hesiod

Iliad 12.322–323

“The gods envy us because we are mortal.”

Works and Days, ~line 289

“Through toil men become wise.”

Timaeus 27d

"What is that which is Existent always and has no Becoming?"

भगवद्गीता | Bhagavad Gita

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Bhagavad Gita 6:5

“The Self is its own friend; the Self is its own enemy.”

Bhagavad Gita 4:7

"Whenever there is a decline of righteousness and a rise of unrighteousness, O Bharata, I manifest Myself."

Bhagavad Gita 2:47

“You have the right to action, but never to its fruits.”

נָ״ךְ | Tanakh

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Micah 6:8

“What does YHWH ask of you but to walk humbly…?”

Leviticus 6:6

“The fire shall ever burn upon the altar; it shall never go out.”

1 Kings 19:11–12

“Not in the wind… not in the fire… but in the thin still voice.”

道德經 | Tao Te Ching

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Tao Te Ching 33

“He who knows he has enough is rich.”

Tao Te Ching 26

“The heavy is the root of the light.”

Tao Te Ching 37

“The Way does nothing, yet nothing is left undone.”

धम्मपद | The Dhammapada

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Dhammapada 1:5

“Hatred never ends by hatred; only by non-hatred does it end.”

Dhammapada 31/147

“Wake up. Why sleep when the earth is burning?”

Dhammapada 1:1

“All things are preceded by mind.”

τὰ Βιβλία | The Bible

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Matthew 7:16

“You will know them by their fruits.”

John 1:5

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

Luke 17:21

“The kingdom of God is within you.”

ٱلْقُرْآن | The Qur’an

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Qur’an 13:11

“Indeed, God does not change the condition of a people until they change what is within themselves.”

Qur’an 24:35

“God is the Light of the heavens and the earth.”

Qur’an 50:16

“We are closer to him than his own jugular vein.”

正法眼蔵 | True Dharma Eye

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Gabyo / Kūge

“The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in a single drop of dew.”

Genjōkōan

“Firewood becomes ash, but ash does not return to firewood.”

Genjōkōan

“To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.”