This is #16 (Tao #12) 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
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Pre-SunRise:
ALLOW
ORIGIN’S CORE AWARENESS
TO GLIDE ONE THRU LIFE….
EVEN BEYOND THE CONCEPT OF A MOMENT.
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CESSATION OF THINKING ONE’S WAY THRU LIFE SUFFICETH.
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3:53 AM - 7/5/15
Post-SunRise:
ORIGIN’S CORE AWARENESS
GLIDES ONE THRU LIFE….
EVEN BEYOND THE CONCEPT OF A MOMENT.
<
CESSATION OF THINKING ONE’S WAY THRU LIFE SUFFICETH.
ew
7:08 AM - 7/5/15
∞
Pre-SunRise:
ALLOW
ORIGIN’S CORE AWARENESS
TO GLIDE ONE THRU LIFE….
EVEN BEYOND THE CONCEPT OF A MOMENT.
<
CESSATION OF THINKING ONE’S WAY THRU LIFE SUFFICETH.
ew
3:53 AM - 7/5/15
Post-SunRise:
ORIGIN’S CORE AWARENESS
GLIDES ONE THRU LIFE….
EVEN BEYOND THE CONCEPT OF A MOMENT.
<
CESSATION OF THINKING ONE’S WAY THRU LIFE SUFFICETH.
ew
7:08 AM - 7/5/15
∞
#12
The Tao penetrates
into every last corner of the universe.
The Tao penetrates
into every last corner of the universe.
Because it is deep and wide
and extends its power everywhere,
it transcends all things.
and extends its power everywhere,
it transcends all things.
Because it transcends all things,
it is at the heart of all things.
It shows itself without being seen,
creates without doing,
fulfills without an intention.
it is at the heart of all things.
It shows itself without being seen,
creates without doing,
fulfills without an intention.
Solitary Sisyphus has a helper this morning.
It obeys only its own law;
thus it is like heaven and earth.
thus it is like heaven and earth.
Heaven is a bright emptiness,
but in its measureless extent
it contains the sun, moon, planets,
and the uncountable stars,
and through it all things are illumined.
but in its measureless extent
it contains the sun, moon, planets,
and the uncountable stars,
and through it all things are illumined.
Earth is a heap of soil,
but in its width and depth
it hold up the great mountains,
the rivers, lakes, and seas,
trees, plants, animals, birds,
fish, and the monsters of the deep:
all life in its manifold splendor.
but in its width and depth
it hold up the great mountains,
the rivers, lakes, and seas,
trees, plants, animals, birds,
fish, and the monsters of the deep:
all life in its manifold splendor.
The Tao claims nothing for itself;
thus it contains all things.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
thus it contains all things.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
COMMENTARY
#12
We love the nature of things,
even when we don’t understand it.
Who doesn’t take pleasure in light,
so married to vision before any eyes existed?
#12
We love the nature of things,
even when we don’t understand it.
Who doesn’t take pleasure in light,
so married to vision before any eyes existed?
Who doesn’t think that light is beautiful,
whatever it happens to shine on?
whatever it happens to shine on?
We’re instinctively attracted to
what is all-embracing and all-allowing.
We can oppose it
only if we construe it as something it’s not.
what is all-embracing and all-allowing.
We can oppose it
only if we construe it as something it’s not.
The nature of things can’t help but be our own nature as well.
What we love in the world Is what we discover in ourselves.
What we love in the world Is what we discover in ourselves.
The infinite inclusiveness of heaven,
the unshakable support of earth:
how could we notice them
if they weren’t qualities of our noticing mind?
the unshakable support of earth:
how could we notice them
if they weren’t qualities of our noticing mind?
Whatever the self describes, describes the self.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
A man and a woman sit near each other, and they do not
long at this moment to be older, or younger, nor born in any
other nation, or time, or place.
They are content to be where they are,
talking or not talking. Their breaths together feed someone whom we do
not know.
The man sees the way his fingers move; he sees her hands
close around a book she hands to him.
They obey a third body they have in common.
They have made a promise to love that body.
Age may come, parting may come, death will come.
A man and woman sit near each other;
as they breathe they feed someone we do not know,
someone we know of,
whom we have never seen.
–Robert Bly
http://peacefullpresence.blogspot.com/2015/07/this-cloud-is-learning.html
long at this moment to be older, or younger, nor born in any
other nation, or time, or place.
They are content to be where they are,
talking or not talking. Their breaths together feed someone whom we do
not know.
The man sees the way his fingers move; he sees her hands
close around a book she hands to him.
They obey a third body they have in common.
They have made a promise to love that body.
Age may come, parting may come, death will come.
A man and woman sit near each other;
as they breathe they feed someone we do not know,
someone we know of,
whom we have never seen.
–Robert Bly
http://peacefullpresence.blogspot.com/2015/07/this-cloud-is-learning.html
Read More below has repeat of the Tao quotes for today #12
#12
The Tao penetrates
into every last corner of the universe.
Because it is deep and wide
and extends its power everywhere,
it transcends all things.
Because it transcends all things,
it is at the heart of all things.
It shows itself without being seen,
creates without doing,
fulfills without an intention.
It obeys only its own law;
thus it is like heaven and earth.
Heaven is a bright emptiness,
but in its measureless extent
it contains the sun, moon, planets,
and the uncountable stars,
and through it all things are illumined.
Earth is a heap of soil,
but in its width and depth
it hold up the great mountains,
the rivers, lakes, and seas,
trees, plants, animals, birds,
fish, and the monsters of the deep:
all life in its manifold splendor.
The Tao claims nothing for itself;
thus it contains all things.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
The Tao penetrates
into every last corner of the universe.
Because it is deep and wide
and extends its power everywhere,
it transcends all things.
Because it transcends all things,
it is at the heart of all things.
It shows itself without being seen,
creates without doing,
fulfills without an intention.
It obeys only its own law;
thus it is like heaven and earth.
Heaven is a bright emptiness,
but in its measureless extent
it contains the sun, moon, planets,
and the uncountable stars,
and through it all things are illumined.
Earth is a heap of soil,
but in its width and depth
it hold up the great mountains,
the rivers, lakes, and seas,
trees, plants, animals, birds,
fish, and the monsters of the deep:
all life in its manifold splendor.
The Tao claims nothing for itself;
thus it contains all things.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
COMMENTARY
#12
We love the nature of things,
even when we don’t understand it.
Who doesn’t take pleasure in light,
so married to vision before any eyes existed?
Who doesn’t think that light is beautiful,
whatever it happens to shine on?
We’re instinctively attracted to
what is all-embracing and all-allowing.
We can oppose it
only if we construe it as something it’s not.
The nature of things can’t help but be our own nature as well.
What we love in the world Is what we discover in ourselves.
The infinite inclusiveness of heaven,
the unshakable support of earth:
how could we notice them
if they weren’t qualities of our noticing mind?
Whatever the self describes, describes the self.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
#12
We love the nature of things,
even when we don’t understand it.
Who doesn’t take pleasure in light,
so married to vision before any eyes existed?
Who doesn’t think that light is beautiful,
whatever it happens to shine on?
We’re instinctively attracted to
what is all-embracing and all-allowing.
We can oppose it
only if we construe it as something it’s not.
The nature of things can’t help but be our own nature as well.
What we love in the world Is what we discover in ourselves.
The infinite inclusiveness of heaven,
the unshakable support of earth:
how could we notice them
if they weren’t qualities of our noticing mind?
Whatever the self describes, describes the self.
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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