This is #17 (Tao #13) 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
∞
no need,
propensity or ability for words,
camera, techno, thinking, processing, labeling
the Being is All of those and More
the Relief of this
automatically returns One to Original Joy of the Highest Octane
dmm
∞
no need,
propensity or ability for words,
camera, techno, thinking, processing, labeling
the Being is All of those and More
the Relief of this
automatically returns One to Original Joy of the Highest Octane
dmm
∞
∞
BEYOND WORDS & THOUGHTS
ONLY TRANSMISSIONS OF MOST ANCIENT QUALITY
AN “ISNESS”
BE STILL
BE SILENT
<
JUST
BE
ew
4:45 AM - 7/7/15
∞
BEYOND WORDS & THOUGHTS
ONLY TRANSMISSIONS OF MOST ANCIENT QUALITY
AN “ISNESS”
BE STILL
BE SILENT
<
JUST
BE
ew
4:45 AM - 7/7/15
∞
#13
Things are the way they are
because we think they’re that way.
Good or bad,
acceptable or unacceptable,
they conform to the way we see them.
Things are the way they are
because we think they’re that way.
Good or bad,
acceptable or unacceptable,
they conform to the way we see them.
Originally, in themselves,
all things are good and acceptable.
That is why all things—a blade
of grass or a hundred-foot pine,
a leper or a legendary beauty,
a national hero or a traitor---
are equal in the Tao.
all things are good and acceptable.
That is why all things—a blade
of grass or a hundred-foot pine,
a leper or a legendary beauty,
a national hero or a traitor---
are equal in the Tao.
None is more important
or more valued than any others.
Their difference is their completeness.
or more valued than any others.
Their difference is their completeness.
Only the person of true vision
can recognize them as equal.
can recognize them as equal.
He sees past his own judgments,
doesn’t think more or less,
and accepts without even trying to.
doesn’t think more or less,
and accepts without even trying to.
This is called “honoring the Tao.”
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
COMMENTARY
“There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”
This one liberating truth can be said in a hundred ways.
Each goes to the root of the matter.
“There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”
This one liberating truth can be said in a hundred ways.
Each goes to the root of the matter.
What happens when we realize that the world appears according to our perception of it?
For one thing, we don’t take our judgments so seriously.
The judging I begins to unravel.
For one thing, we don’t take our judgments so seriously.
The judging I begins to unravel.
Eventually, we discover that everything exists in itself,
beyond comparison, beyond judgments,
as it did for God on the evening of the sixth day:
“Behold, it is very good.
beyond comparison, beyond judgments,
as it did for God on the evening of the sixth day:
“Behold, it is very good.
When we look at creatures from this point of vision,
it’s easy to see that a blade of grass is as important as a pine tree,
a minnow as valued as a whale.
Size and complexity have nothing to do with it.
Evolution doesn’t mean progress.
Which is more conscious,
the butterfly or the flowers?
it’s easy to see that a blade of grass is as important as a pine tree,
a minnow as valued as a whale.
Size and complexity have nothing to do with it.
Evolution doesn’t mean progress.
Which is more conscious,
the butterfly or the flowers?
The Master sees that we’re all doing the best we can with what we’ve been given.
Realizing this, he doesn’t expect anything of anyone.
Thus as he honors himself,
he naturally honors the Tao.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
Realizing this, he doesn’t expect anything of anyone.
Thus as he honors himself,
he naturally honors the Tao.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
Whereas awareness is the eternal potential
Consciousness is the eternal actual.
Consciousness is the surface;
Awareness is the limitless ocean.
Consciousness is the guide for the journey
Through the known and into The unknown.
In truth, they are not two, but
Aspects of a unified whole.
–Wu Hsin
http://peacefullpresence.blogspot.com/2015/07/aspects.html
Consciousness is the eternal actual.
Consciousness is the surface;
Awareness is the limitless ocean.
Consciousness is the guide for the journey
Through the known and into The unknown.
In truth, they are not two, but
Aspects of a unified whole.
–Wu Hsin
http://peacefullpresence.blogspot.com/2015/07/aspects.html
The Ocean was so spectacular this afternoon, we "had" to post ALL photos,
in order experienced,
Those slideshows are here:
http://dorotheamills.weebly.com/harbour-island-slideshows/embodied-ensouled-beyond-preferences-july-7-12015
Below are a few samples:
in order experienced,
Those slideshows are here:
http://dorotheamills.weebly.com/harbour-island-slideshows/embodied-ensouled-beyond-preferences-july-7-12015
Below are a few samples:
The Secret
Since I am
Somebody's dream,
I have a good life.
Sometimes I go away in my sailboat on a cloud
and take a quiet little trip.
I have a secret
which I have learned how to read inside myself;
if I told it to you,
it would make you laugh.
My heart is naked
and no one can put clothes on it,
and nothing can be put on
that will not immediately fall off.
My secret is ignorant,
it doesn't sing songs,
no lie,
it has nothing to tell you.
My two eyes
are maps of the planet -
I see everything
and nothing upsets me.
Just now
I was in China
and saw there a great piece of happiness
that belonged to one man.
And I have been to the center of the earth,
where there is no suffering.
If on your loneliest nights,
I visit other planets
and the most secret stars of all,
besides being no one,
know that I am you
and everybody.
But if I go away
without giving you a name to remember me with,
how will I find
the right dream to return to?
You won't have to mark down
on your calendar that I am coming back;
don't bother to write me into your notebooks.
I will be around
when you aren't thinking about me,
without hair or a neck,
without a nose and cheeks
no reputation -
there won't be anything.
I am a bird
which God made.
–Thomas Merton
http://deathdeconstructed.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-secret.html
Photo above from 5/3/15
#13
Things are the way they are
because we think they’re that way.
Good or bad,
acceptable or unacceptable,
they conform to the way we see them.
Originally, in themselves,
all things are good and acceptable.
That is why all things—a blade
of grass or a hundred-foot pine,
a leper or a legendary beauty,
a national hero or a traitor---
are equal in the Tao.
None is more important
or more valued than any others.
Their difference is their completeness.
Only the person of true vision
can recognize them as equal.
He sees past his own judgments,
doesn’t think more or less,
and accepts without even trying to.
This is called “honoring the Tao.”
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
Things are the way they are
because we think they’re that way.
Good or bad,
acceptable or unacceptable,
they conform to the way we see them.
Originally, in themselves,
all things are good and acceptable.
That is why all things—a blade
of grass or a hundred-foot pine,
a leper or a legendary beauty,
a national hero or a traitor---
are equal in the Tao.
None is more important
or more valued than any others.
Their difference is their completeness.
Only the person of true vision
can recognize them as equal.
He sees past his own judgments,
doesn’t think more or less,
and accepts without even trying to.
This is called “honoring the Tao.”
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
COMMENTARY
“There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”
This one liberating truth can be said in a hundred ways.
Each goes to the root of the matter.
What happens when we realize that the world appears according to our perception of it?
For one thing, we don’t take our judgments so seriously.
The judging I begins to unravel.
Eventually, we discover that everything exists in itself,
beyond comparison, beyond judgments,
as it did for God on the evening of the sixth day:
“Behold, it is very good.”
When we look at creatures from this point of vision,
it’s easy to see that a blade of grass is as important as a pine tree,
a minnow as valued as a whale.
Size and complexity have nothing to do with it.
Evolution doesn’t mean progress.
Which is more conscious,
the butterfly or the flowers?
The Master sees that we’re all doing the best we can with what we’ve been given.
Realizing this, he doesn’t expect anything of anyone.
Thus as he honors himself,
he naturally honors the Tao.
The Second Book of The Tao
Compiled and adapted
from the
Chuang-tze and the Chung Yung,
with commentaries
by
Stephen Mitchell
“There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”
This one liberating truth can be said in a hundred ways.
Each goes to the root of the matter.
What happens when we realize that the world appears according to our perception of it?
For one thing, we don’t take our judgments so seriously.
The judging I begins to unravel.
Eventually, we discover that everything exists in itself,
beyond comparison, beyond judgments,
as it did for God on the evening of the sixth day:
“Behold, it is very good.”
When we look at creatures from this point of vision,
it’s easy to see that a blade of grass is as important as a pine tree,
a minnow as valued as a whale.
Size and complexity have nothing to do with it.
Evolution doesn’t mean progress.
Which is more conscious,
the butterfly or the flowers?
The Master sees that we’re all doing the best we can with what we’ve been given.
Realizing this, he doesn’t expect anything of anyone.
Thus as he honors himself,
he naturally honors the Tao.
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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