Book 128 (part 13)

Eckhart's Abgeschiedenheit/Gelassenheit — radical letting-go of will, image, and grasping that opens the soul to God; distinct from inner_silence (quietness) and from material renunciation, and adjacent to Sufi tark and Buddhist non-grasping as a practice rather than a metaphysical claim.

The instruction for 'unquestioning submission to what is beyond our knowledge and control' reflects a radical letting-go of will and grasping.

Sufi self-effacement in God — the via by which the lover is unmade as a separate ego and recovered as God's act; specifies the practice/event rather than mystical_union's resulting state.

The phrase 'I sit and forget' describes a self-effacement or unmaking of the separate ego to recover unity with the Tao.

Disciplined inward attention — sitting, focused, or open-awareness practice — as a stand-alone term that umbrellas active_contemplation, inner_silence, and dhyana-style sitting.

The text cites the phrase 'I sit and forget,' indicating a disciplined inward attention or seated contemplative practice.

The Buddhist doctrine that all phenomena lack independent self-nature; emptiness as the positive recognition that things arise only in dependence on conditions — distinct from kenoma's mere deficiency.

The text refers to 'the great void in which there is no obstruction' as a denomination of the Tao, conceptually paralleling the doctrine of emptiness.

Describing the divine only by negation—God transcends all positive categories and concepts; the via negativa.

[auto] The text describes the ultimate reality as 'beyond our knowledge' and a 'great void', aligning with negative theology.

The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.

[auto] Commentary notes the text is 'obscure' and refers to submission to what is unknowable, indicating radical concealment.

The practice of stilling the mind and speech to open receptivity to divine knowledge or presence.

[auto] The phrase 'I sit and forget' denotes a practice of stilling the mind and discarding knowledge.

The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.

[auto] The passage identifies 'sit and forget' as the highest issue of Taoism, implying a merging with the divine principle.

Effortless action aligned with the spontaneous flow of the Dao; non-coercive, non-striving conduct that yields results without forcing — the sage acts without acting.

[auto] The passage explicitly describes the highest issue of Taoism as 'unquestioning submission to what is beyond our knowledge and control,' which aligns perfectly with the definition of effortless action aligned with the Dao.