I want to start with the last paragraph. I really had to understand that before the rest of the day’s lesson made sense. I must stop thinking of myself as separate from the world. It is the common thinking that the world is this Huge thing and I am just this little old me, a […]
“Seeing is believing”. I have heard that all my life. What we see, hear, taste, feel is not all there is. There is something else. There is an inner part of me. The “inner Vision” as it says in this chapter. I have this outer shell (outer vision) that participates in the world. I interact […]
Chapter 3 says “practice not doing and everything will fall into place”. Chapter 3 says “the master leads by emptying peoples minds and filling their cores” Chapter 5 says “the tao is like a Bellows: it is empty yet infinitely capable.” Chapter 5 says “hold on to the center.” Chapter 6 says “the tao is […]
Can you coax mind from its wandering and keep to the original oneness? Can you let your body become supple as a newborn child’s? Can you cleanse your inner vision until you see nothing but the light? Can you love people and leave them without imposing your will? Can you do you with the most […]
“Chase after money insecurity in your heart will never unclench.” That’s a big one. If The focus of what you do is all of the money, that’s not the way to live your life. You’ll always be wanting more money. The money you have will never be enough. I need to know how to be […]
Chapter 9 from the Tao Te Ching …. Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people‘s approval and you will be there prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only […]
Although the body is very intelligent, it can not tell the difference between an actual situation and a thought. It reacts to every thought as if it were a reality. It doesn’t know it is just a thought. To the body, a worrisome, fearful thought means “I am in danger”, and it responds accordingly, even […]
Control your perceptions Direct your actions properly Willingly accept what’s outside your control Sat down this morning to read my daily meditation book I got for Christmas. This is the first thing I read. These three ideas. Control my perception – I need to let things be, not want things done in a certain way […]
The ego has two parts, the “I” and the “me” You live with a mental image of yourself You see this when you say things like “my life”. Because it follows that my and life are two separate things. I and life are two, if I am separate from life, and I am separate from […]
We all have the unlimited power To shift our perspective.
