The earth is everlasting.
But as earth, it is not everlasting.
It is everlasting when man returns to the source.
The earth does its duty without a word.
The earth has neither complaints nor laughter.
The earth has no sense of superiority or inferiority.
Even when it performs a selfless service,
it has no thought of having done so.
The earth has deliberated greatly for man
yet has no thought of having done so.
The earth is without mind.
The earth is without self.
The earth is without attachments.
The earth is without reason.
The earth simply is
but does what it needs to do.
The earth is Heaven and Heaven is the earth,
yet man does not know this.