CLOSER THAN BREATH
IS THE ABSENCE OF ALL QUANDARIES
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4:20 AM-3/7/2017
IS THE ABSENCE OF ALL QUANDARIES
ew
4:20 AM-3/7/2017
How can we let the Tao be our guide?
It is without form, elusive, vague.
What is there to hold on to? Is it even real?
From Tao Te Ching, Chapter 21
It is without form, elusive, vague.
What is there to hold on to? Is it even real?
From Tao Te Ching, Chapter 21
Elusive and vague are not the qualities
I look for in a guide.
I want precise road maps
that show every twist and turn
along the way;
along with concrete assurances
of a pleasant journey,
and a safe arrival.
So why do I let myself be guided
by something like the Tao?
I think its very mystery
makes me trust it.
I look for in a guide.
I want precise road maps
that show every twist and turn
along the way;
along with concrete assurances
of a pleasant journey,
and a safe arrival.
So why do I let myself be guided
by something like the Tao?
I think its very mystery
makes me trust it.
In an era of empty promises and glib assurances
offered by prophets of every description, sacred and secular,
it is reassuring for me to know that the Tao is an unfathomable mystery.
That it simply offers itself to all living beings as the All;
the basic Life of the Cosmos in which we are forever contained
and of which we are forever a part.
No need for guidance when we are always at home
no matter how far we seem to travel.
March 6
Bill Martin
www.taoistliving.com
http://www.daybydaytao.org/
offered by prophets of every description, sacred and secular,
it is reassuring for me to know that the Tao is an unfathomable mystery.
That it simply offers itself to all living beings as the All;
the basic Life of the Cosmos in which we are forever contained
and of which we are forever a part.
No need for guidance when we are always at home
no matter how far we seem to travel.
March 6
Bill Martin
www.taoistliving.com
http://www.daybydaytao.org/
While the temptation is to spin into resolution,
to find answers to questions,
and to be reborn as quickly as possible,
a new invitation has appeared:
to rest in the dark, rich, pregnant groundlessness.
While it may seem that something is missing here,
it is overflowing with essence.
Matt Licata
Full Article here:
http://alovinghealingspace.blogspot.com/2017/03/an-invitation-into-re-imagination.html
to find answers to questions,
and to be reborn as quickly as possible,
a new invitation has appeared:
to rest in the dark, rich, pregnant groundlessness.
While it may seem that something is missing here,
it is overflowing with essence.
Matt Licata
Full Article here:
http://alovinghealingspace.blogspot.com/2017/03/an-invitation-into-re-imagination.html
The Tao’s elusiveness prevents it from becoming an idol.
Its vagueness keeps us mindful of the moment
and alert to what is happening now.
From Tao Te Ching, Chapter 21
Its vagueness keeps us mindful of the moment
and alert to what is happening now.
From Tao Te Ching, Chapter 21
We love to make idols and invent gods;
sometimes out of jewels and stone,
but usually out of beliefs and fears.
Encasing god with rules and laws
brings a comforting illusion of control;
of knowing who is who,
and what is what,
and how things ought to be.
Following the Tao requires
letting go of knowing who,
and what, and when, and how;
and simply paying attention to the now.
sometimes out of jewels and stone,
but usually out of beliefs and fears.
Encasing god with rules and laws
brings a comforting illusion of control;
of knowing who is who,
and what is what,
and how things ought to be.
Following the Tao requires
letting go of knowing who,
and what, and when, and how;
and simply paying attention to the now.
When I was very young I studied theology.
I even received a Master’s degree in it.
Think of that!
I have a Master’s degree in god!
Oh my soul, I’m so embarrassed.
Then I went on to teach theology to others.
Oh dear.
All the while the Tao was flowing on,
carrying me and all other beings in its eternal dance of light and energy;
refusing to be an object of study.
You can see why the label, “Taoist teacher,”
makes me very uneasy indeed.
What we are doing together is not the study of a subject.
It is simply a practice of observing“the Way things work,”
and sharing our experiences.
March 7
Bill Martin
www.taoistliving.com
http://www.daybydaytao.org/
I even received a Master’s degree in it.
Think of that!
I have a Master’s degree in god!
Oh my soul, I’m so embarrassed.
Then I went on to teach theology to others.
Oh dear.
All the while the Tao was flowing on,
carrying me and all other beings in its eternal dance of light and energy;
refusing to be an object of study.
You can see why the label, “Taoist teacher,”
makes me very uneasy indeed.
What we are doing together is not the study of a subject.
It is simply a practice of observing“the Way things work,”
and sharing our experiences.
March 7
Bill Martin
www.taoistliving.com
http://www.daybydaytao.org/
The mind freed of "me" and its desires
is free to move in boundless space
with the silent pulse of the universe.
Rasmesh Balsekar
The Net of Jewels
March 5
is free to move in boundless space
with the silent pulse of the universe.
Rasmesh Balsekar
The Net of Jewels
March 5
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