Hua Hu Ching

I found a companion book to the Tao Te Ching which is attributed to Lao Tzu...the Hua Hu Ching.

In my own self, looking at my own preferences, which everyone seems to have, they eventually becomes blocks in my path. From what i have been told, and am beginning to understand, the personality is built around preferences. Not only that, but preferences based in illusion.

Here is a quote from the book:

Eleven

Does one scent appeal more than another?
Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling?
Is your practice sacred and your work profane?
Then your mind is separated:
from itself, from oneness, from the Tao.

Keep your mind free of divisions and distinctions.
When your mind is detached, simple, quiet, then all
things can exist in harmony, and you can begin to
perceive the subtle truth.

Hua Hu ching, The unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu by Brian Walker