This is #14 (Tao #21) in a Series of Posts that share Synchronistically-Timely chapters from
Stephen Mitchell's Auspicious book
The Second Book of The Tao
Stephen Mitchell's Auspicious book
The Second Book of The Tao
Setting Moon this morning....she was Full July 1, 2015
∞
REPLACE CACOPHONY'S POSSESSION OF EXPECTATION
EDICTS & LABELS
WITH A CALM CORE THAT ONLY
IS
SPONTANEOUS JOY AND PEACE
THE ORIGINAL REMEMBRANCE
ew
4:50 AM - 7/3/15
∞
REPLACE CACOPHONY'S POSSESSION OF EXPECTATION
EDICTS & LABELS
WITH A CALM CORE THAT ONLY
IS
SPONTANEOUS JOY AND PEACE
THE ORIGINAL REMEMBRANCE
ew
4:50 AM - 7/3/15
∞
#21
The Master treads lightly on the earth.
Life is not serious for him,
and death is not serious.
The Master treads lightly on the earth.
Life is not serious for him,
and death is not serious.
Even if the whole world
collapsed, it would not disturb him.
collapsed, it would not disturb him.
He realizes what is essential.
He has returned to the source.
The Second Book of The Tao
Stephen Mitchell
He has returned to the source.
The Second Book of The Tao
Stephen Mitchell
COMMENTARY
The more we move beyond our ideas about life and death,
the more open we are to life.
The more we move beyond our ideas about life and death,
the more open we are to life.
This radical ignorance is not a path to wisdom:
it is wisdom itself.
it is wisdom itself.
There a current that is deeper than we are.
It will carry us off whether we want it to or not.
When we resist it, we suffer.
Only when we let it take us can we begin to sense its intelligence.
It will carry us off whether we want it to or not.
When we resist it, we suffer.
Only when we let it take us can we begin to sense its intelligence.
The Master knows how to die,
because he knows how to deal with the everyday losses
that form the texture of our life.
because he knows how to deal with the everyday losses
that form the texture of our life.
He deals with them by understanding that loss is just a concept.
He looks into the abyss as into the eyes of the beloved.
He looks into the abyss as into the eyes of the beloved.
He knows nothing about death:
he knows everything he needs to know about dying.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
he knows everything he needs to know about dying.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
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I have inside me the winds,
the deserts,
the oceans,
the stars,
and everything created in the universe.
We were all made by the same hand,
and we have the same soul.
—Paulo Coelho
the deserts,
the oceans,
the stars,
and everything created in the universe.
We were all made by the same hand,
and we have the same soul.
—Paulo Coelho
#21
The Master treads lightly on the earth.
Life is not serious for him,
and death is not serious.
Even if the whole world
collapsed, it would not disturb him.
He realizes what is essential.
He has returned to the source.
The Second Book of The Tao
Stephen Mitchell
The Master treads lightly on the earth.
Life is not serious for him,
and death is not serious.
Even if the whole world
collapsed, it would not disturb him.
He realizes what is essential.
He has returned to the source.
The Second Book of The Tao
Stephen Mitchell
COMMENTARY
The more we move beyond our ideas about life and death,
the more open we are to life.
This radical ignorance is not a path to wisdom:
it is wisdom itself.
There a current that is deeper than we are.
It will carry us off whether we want it to or not.
When we resist it, we suffer.
Only when we let it take us can we begin to sense its intelligence.
The Master knows how to die,
because he knows how to deal with the everyday losses
that form the texture of our life.
He deals with them by understanding that loss is just a concept.
He looks into the abyss as into the eyes of the beloved.
He knows nothing about death:
he knows everything he needs to know about dying.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
The more we move beyond our ideas about life and death,
the more open we are to life.
This radical ignorance is not a path to wisdom:
it is wisdom itself.
There a current that is deeper than we are.
It will carry us off whether we want it to or not.
When we resist it, we suffer.
Only when we let it take us can we begin to sense its intelligence.
The Master knows how to die,
because he knows how to deal with the everyday losses
that form the texture of our life.
He deals with them by understanding that loss is just a concept.
He looks into the abyss as into the eyes of the beloved.
He knows nothing about death:
he knows everything he needs to know about dying.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
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