MFMessage from Lao Ma
The hawk and the dove must be made one with the wisdom.
I’ve been here before. This is where I first met Lao Ma. You’re very like her you know.
I’ve walked in her shadow all my life. Now, it seems, is no exception. But I wonder Xena, why do you look so troubled?
There are people you meet who move in and out of your life like ghosts. And after they’re gone, you find that they’ve left a part of themselves with you. It's as if in some small way that their spirit helps define who you are or what you want to bring to the world.
Then it seems that my mother is still alive in us both.
Your mother taught me compassion. It's a lesson that I want to pass on to this child. But you, how did you learn that without the benefit of her love?
Every day that passes in Chin without bloodshed passes because my mother played a part in the destiny of our homeland. Just look around Xena. Her lesson is her legacy. She speaks to me even now through the whispering wind. You wish to know where I learned compassion? All you have to do is listen.
You are your mother's daughter.
It must have been beautiful.
Yes. I was cornered here, and your mother hid me in her bath, underwater. She gave me her breath to keep me alive.
She died in this palace, didn't she?
That’s right.
Then this is the perfect place to study. In the presence of her spirit.
"The entire world is driven by a will-- "blind and ruthless. "In order to transcend the limitations of the physical world, one must cease desiring,
KHK’ao Hsin/Xena
-and become what we desire.
"To conquer others is to wield power. But to conquer ourselves is to know the way." Lao Ma's power came from her purity of thought.
Then with purity on our side, Pao Ssu will be easily defeated.
No. Pao Ssu has her own kind of purity. The purity of hatred.
Hey, K'ao Hsin, what do you think? Huh? - What's wrong?
I'm plagued with doubt and fear. I can't still my mind.
Fear of what?
My sister's hate. I hear her words echoing through my mind, telling me that I am weak. And she's right! I'll never have the strength to defeat her.
Wrong. It takes great strength to show compassion. Lao Ma taught us both that. That's what we're going to need to beat Pao Ssu.
I don't understand.
Yes, you do! [ Softly ] You do. You said yourself. Lao Ma lives on in her legacy. And each of us holds a part of that. Her blood is in your heart. Her lessons are in mine. If we focus together, we don't need the book.
"The hawk and the dove must be made one with the wisdom." All this time, I thought it was Pao Ssu. But it's you.
"Knowing the way is like being a child."
"Laughing and crying all day without being hoarse."
PSPao Ssu
"Small people hate loneliness. But the master makes it her home." "Her source. Her mother. For she knows it allows her to be one with the universe."
"The master knows no expectation. Therefore, no disappointment."
"And thus, she stays young forever."
"To conquer others is to have power. To conquer yourself is to know the way."
These quotes come from Wikiquote's Xena: Warrior Princess pages and are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.