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365 Tao, entry 11 ‘Healing’

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Healing

“No matter how extreme a situation is, it will change. It cannot continue forever. Thus, a great forest fire is destined to burn itself out; a turbulent sea will become calmer…Natural events balance themselves out by seeking their opposites, and this process of balance is at the heart of all healing…Actually, without these slight imbalances, there could be no movement in life..It is being off-balance that keeps life changing…Total balance would only be stasis…All life is continual destruction and healing, over and over again…In the mist of extreme situation, the wise are patient..They know healing will follow upheaval.”365 tao daily meditation by ming-dao deng

(Personal Development)

Despite our best devotion to deities, philosophies, and faiths: we are members of the fluctuation of nature. As such, change is a constant in the mechanism of our existence. Thus, our best day hides in the current despair, likewise, the lowest moment exist in present happiness.

I was fortunate to begin my process of healing while on earth. Both my parents were not afforded the opportunity of self-cultivation: both died at incredible young ages (35 & 46). If however there is something learned from their contribution, it is, “Never give up”. A chapter of life is not the book. Learn to accept change, regardless of its degree, be resilient, knowing…eventually change will occur, even to our consciousness.

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Miles Davis

365 Tao Daily Meditations, entry 1

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A fellow-blogger (The Rambling Taoist) provides so much information on Taoism. His ideas, and initiatives are plenty; I highly recommend subscribing to his site. Here is an ideal lifted from him with all due respect, it is something he does, I’m compelled to be guided.

365 Tao Daily Meditations, entry 1

“We must make a decision…a commitment to daily cultivation. We must make a strong connection to our inner selves…once we choose to commit ourselves to spiritual practice; even the mountains and valleys will reverberate to the sound of our purpose…”

(Personal Development)

Alone one must navigate self-cultivation. This faithful decision to recognize and accept personal strengths and weaknesses builds character and resiliency. Thus, to know thyself truthfully, remains a lofty accomplishments.  So, meditate daily upon your inner-self and develop an unmolested consciousness; unaffected by external circumstances.   “He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.” - Lao Tzu

“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. “
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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Stop Chasing Dreams

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The Tao Te Ching second only to the bible in English translation, is one of the most intriguing books in history. Lao Tzu (570-490 BC) the author who compiled the eighty-one verses may never have existed.  As often with ancient writings indisputable chain of authenticity remain difficult.  However, at the age of eighty-one, Lao Tzu feeling despondent and melancholy over man’s inability to achieve nirvana recorded The Tao Te Ching translated (The Way and its Power.)

A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way

A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way
Tao Te Ching

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Tao Te Ching Verse 15

The ancient Masters were profound and subtle.
Their wisdom was unfathomable.
There is no way to describe it;
all we can describe is their appearance.

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They were careful as someone crossing an iced-over stream.
Alert as a warrior in enemy territory.
Courteous as a guest.
Fluid as melting ice.
Shapeable as a block of wood.
Receptive as a valley.
Clear as a glass of water.

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Do you have the patience to wait
till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
till the right action arises by itself?

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The Master doesn’t seek fulfillment.
Not seeking, not expecting,
she is present, and can welcome all things.

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(Personal Development)

Do you have the power of stillness to allow life to unfold unmolested?  As to say, “To let go of the wheel” and trust in the unseen power.  The Tao suggest yielding to ambitions and desires and trust the flow to produce in divine order.  As a sage replied once to a hurried gentlemen, “there is no need to push the river, it goes at it’s own pace.”  Let your dreams come to you.

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You Have One Power

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“In all worldly situations exists the opposite. Bad situations grow good causes, and excellent matters turn dreadful in a moment. Seek balance in Tao in all circumstances.” The Invisible Dragon

mindfulness There exist continual streams of good and bad fortune. Although both are identical, nevertheless, the carnal mind, seek to redress moments as different and controllable. Did you know humans like animals are susceptible to nature’s order? As such, the illusion, that we possess powers to alter time is yet unsettling. Hence, our life is a fluctuating phenomenon we have yet to neither understand nor control.

In fact, our illusion about change is the author of our constant disharmony. For instance, not accepting circumstances is a symptom of this chronic affliction. Regardless to popular misconceptions, we are at the mercy of nature. As a result, our only power is to remain balance with the Tao. As such, the consciousness that understand this reality is often a harmonized spirit.

NEWS FLASH: You have one influence: the ability to accept change that demonstrates the duality of nature.

Inside clouds, bursting with rain hides the sun, as such; the flood that sweeps us alone shall lay us beside a soft valley. Life is coins of both sides. Instead of fighting your bad incidents, come to accept their duality. In so much, resist the temptation to believe conditions are 3251194053_e88629fc6a_o-e1262763452495permanent. The only permanent is change. Nothing stays the same we all evolve.

Resistance is Futile

When you receive bad news fight the urge to resist its deliverance. In fact, understand this is a norm of life, a matter of nature, as like snowfall.

Furthermore, our inner-power increases with this viewpoint. As a result, we see ourselves no longer as victims but recipients of something higher. For this reason, we now exhume a posture of acceptance and surrender, this mechanism is the greatest power available to humankind.

At any rate, we would believe we could wish, pray or cry situations away. These illusions are assumptions of time control. In truth, the only power that the source provides is the choice to accept change and move on. Consequently, there is one other unfortunate choice, fight the inevitable. However, not to be forgotten, what you resist will persist.

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The Philosophy of My Tao

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1. I am nothingness

2. I have no enemies

3. I surrender

4. I am soft, yet hard

5. I flow like water

6. I am beneath all810106764_b5aaaa719f

7. I hold no grudge

8. I keep no record of my giving

9. I do not mind what happens

10. I am present only

11. No one’s out to get me

12. I am Love

13. I was not born nor will I die

14. I cannot be offended

15. In a room of many, I see one

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