崇一问：「寻常意思多忙。有事固忙，无事亦忙，何也？」
先生曰：「天地气机，元无一息之停，然有个主宰，故不先、不后，不急、不缓，虽千变万化，而主宰常定，人得此而生。若主宰定时，与天运一般不息，虽酬酢万变，常是从容自在，所谓『天君泰然，百体从令』[1]。若无主宰，便只是这气奔放，如何不忙？」
崇一问：「平日意念多忙乱。有事固然忙，无事也忙，为什么？」
先生说：「天地之气机原本没有一刻停息，但有个主宰，所以不先不后、不急不缓，虽然千变万化，而主宰常定，人由此得生。如果主宰安定时，便与天道运行一般不息，虽然应酬万变，常是从容自在，所谓『天君泰然，百体从令』。如果没有主宰，便只是这气奔放乱窜，怎能不忙？」
Chongyi asked: 'My thoughts are mostly in a bustle — busy with affairs, busy without affairs too. Why?'
The Master said: 'The breath of heaven and earth never pauses one instant, yet it has a master, so it is neither before nor after, neither hurried nor slack; though it changes ten thousand ways, the master stays fixed, and by this man lives. When the master is settled, one moves unresting as heaven itself; though engagements multiply, one stays composed and at ease — the lord of heaven serene, the hundred limbs obeying. Without a master, the energies only stampede — how not be busy?'
- 天君：心。百体：身体各部。