Topic: More From the Tao

[Nichi]

The obstacle ....is the path.

[Builder]

Amid a thousand clouds and streams
There's an idle person somewhere
Roaming the hills during the day
Sleeping below cliffs at night
Suddenly passing springs and autumns
At peace no earthly burdens
Happy clinging to nothing
Still like a river in fall

[erik]

I look at the clean stream,
And sit on the great stone,
Mind depends on nothing;
All worldly tasks have gone!

[erik]

The Way to Hanshan is a queer one;
No ruts or hoof prints are seen.
Valley winds into valley,
Peak rises above peak;
Grasses are bright with dew,
And pine trees sough in the breeze.
Even now you do not know?
The reality is asking the shadow the way.

[erik]

He who exercises the power of loss should be with stillness and feel the power of being lost.
He who is at one with the power of loss, the power of loss will like to be with him.

[erik]

...as if in spring some enjoy climbing the terrace at the park.
I alone seem unaffected and lost.
Like an innocent baby that hasn't yet learned to smile.
I alone have no place to go.

[erik]

One cannot walk if he tries to hop.

[erik]

...a good traveller leaves no wheel marks.
A good speaker utters no mistakes.
A good counter needs no counting rods.

[erik]

When people fail to connect with the power of Tao, they count only on their own Te power,
When people fail to connect with with their own power of Te, they count on being kind and hope everyone will follow the rule of being kind to each other,
When kindness is lost, there is justice and people can hope that everyone follows the same idea of justice,
When justice is lost, people can only count on social ritual to get along,
If people depend on social ritual to maintain relationships, it is a lack of faith and loyalty - the origin of the chaotic.

[erik]

People claiming to have vision only show a flowery embellishment of Tao. It is the beginning of ignorance.

[erik]

East from my place lives an old woman
she became rich only a few years ago
used to be even poorer than me
today she laughs because I don't have a penny
She laughs - me being worse off
I laugh - she advanced?
We will not stop laughing about each other
she from the East - me from the West

[erik]

If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.

[Taimyr]

Yes, stop digging the past.

[erik]

At the center of your being
you have the answer;
you know who you are
and you know what you want.

[erik]

It is from Kris Raphael, but might as well be placed here -Taoists say same thing almost word for word about working with one's life energy

“We say, do you speak with your Source Energy?

Do you look at your life and tell your Source about how you are feeling, about what you are dreaming about and about what you want to become?

You forget that your Source listens. You forget that there is, in your Source, an endlessly interest that is focused on you.

Speak with your Source, if you listen and talk long enough, you will begin to receive a response. The response may be in one of many forms, depending on how you best receive. You may hear an inner sound, you may have a sense; you can suddenly know or become aware of the presence of your Source and what is being communicated.

You can practice this and it is certainly something that we teach for those who wish to pursue this.

We say, what we most want you to hear from us today is that when you speak with your Source you can ask your Source about your experience. You can become aware of what your Source is helping you become so that you may live your dreams. You can speak with your Source about a pattern or challenge you encounter and would like to move past.

You have unlimited help. Many do not realize or acknowledge this, but you can. Speak with your Source Energy often and come to know that you have a resource, a creator and a granter of all you wish to be or experience. Thus, this is the most important relationship in your life – see it as such and you will see your life shifting. You will find yourself feeling loved, gifted and more unlimited.”