Acceptance versus Apathy

Kenneth Leong
4 min readApr 11, 2024

The Xin Xin Ming says, “The Ultimate Way is not hard. Just don’t be picky. If you stop your cravings and aversions, you can see clearly.”

The Ashtavakra Gita expressed a similar sentiment. It says:

“Liberation is when the mind does not long for anything, grieve about anything, reject anything, or hold on to anything, and is not pleased about anything or displeased about anything.”

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Kenneth Leong

Author, Zen teacher, scientific mystic, professor, photographer, philosopher, social commentator, socially engaged human