13transfixed by a bottle of Irish Mista ghost hand touches meone day at a time Lesson # 13 Seek praise and glory and you will find shame and loss.You are the kingdom you seek. You are enough. Start here. Lead from here. From: 81 Lessons from the Tao Te Ching Number Thirteen: Inner and Outer […]
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12as the dry leaf blows pastthe hungry ghostsgnaw Lesson # 12 Cell phone screens blind us,violent words and gunshotsassault our ears,making us blind and deaf to life.Drink, drugs, and sugar overwhelm our sensesuntil all we feel is numb.Nothing satisfies.Close your eyes, ears, mouth.Just feel your breath,deep inside the stillness. From: 81 Lessons from the Tao
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11 early morningthe teacup waits for teafull of empty Lesson 11 Emptiness at the center is useful.The wheel circles around its empty hub.The cup encloses an empty space for your tea.The walls of a room surround its inhabitants. In touch with our own empty center, we can find our true use. Number Eleven: Emptiness What
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10 tiny head in my handwatching my daughter breathethe planet settles down Lesson #10 Breathe into the center of your bodygentle, as though you were stroking a baby. Open, take in the life force, then, let it go.Each breath takes you closerto your deep radiance. Let go of everything else,and let the universe take care
9 I draw the bladeacross the whetstonetoo many times Lesson #9 You only want just a little bit more.The blade breaks from too much sharpening.The wine spills on the floor, overfull.Thieves creep off with your cherished bags of gold. Fame turns to dust. Just enough really is enough. From: 81 Lessons from the Tao Te
8 water rushes downspring or sewerflushing, nourishing Lesson #8The Tao flowsthrough canyons, faucets, toilets.It loves to flow. You will drowntrying to control life,constantly swimming upstream. Learn to be water,move with the flow,and nothing can be taken away from you. From: 81 Lessons from the Tao Te Ching Number Eight: Water If you want to know
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7 the open mouth of the fledgling sparrownothing satisfies me Lesson #7 Our universeis constantly giving itself awayto itself. Effortlessly.Like the Tao,we are born to serve. From: 81 Lessons from the Tao Te Ching Number Seven: Service Heaven enduresEarth abidesWhy are they everlastingBecause they serve selflessly So too the wise one serves for the love
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6 Heart beatingher blood, your bloodmy blood, our blood Lesson # 6 The Tao is our mother.It is mother to everything. Her blood is your blood.Stop looking for it.You are it. From: 81 Lessons from the Tao Te Ching Number Six: The way of the feminine The Tao is called The Spirit of the ValleyMother
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5the Tao, a bellowsbreaths in and out everything comes alive Lesson # 5 The bare truth is that the Tao doesn’t discriminate.Everything is sacred.It breathes you. From: 81 Lessons from the Tao Te Ching Number Five: Unavoidable The Tao is not sentimentalEventually it tosses aside everything in creation The Sage is not sentimentalThey strip aside
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4the knot in my heartunravelsin stillness Lesson # 4 We swim in the Tao. Everything swims in the Tao.Water swims in the Tao.Time swims in the Tao.Everything changes.Sharp becomes blinding, becomes unraveled. becomes dust. All of the ten thousand thingsare swimming and changingin the stillness of the Tao. Better yet, dare to do nothing and
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