Lose And Gain

Footprints on the sand

Washed away by the water-

And lost forever

Take a walk one day or night with no intent on going anywhere. Accept what taps you on the shoulder. If you lose something, remember you are also gaining something in the process. Everything is something that can be learned from. Seek the other side of the obvious to find the real. Touch the sky but do not try to own the stars. Ride with the clouds that cross the sky effortlessly.

Four Great Powers

If you do not have

Balance; you can't have balance

Rain can't fall upwards

Lao Tzu said there are four great powers. The Dao, the Universe, the Earth and Man. Which one of these are the least powerful? Which one of these are the most arrogant? Which one of these will be the first to disappear? Man is so far behind the others, he believes himself to be ahead.

Sitting On The Grass

Make the crooked straight

Walk before trying to run

Maintain quiet and calm

Try to run too fast and you will fall. Stand on tip-toe and falter. Expect perfection and you might as well expect failure too. To be what you are not is to live a lie to others and yourself. Sit on the grass and look at the lake. Embrace the Tao and you embrace freedom, wisdom. Be content to be what is while on the path to something else.

Walking In The Fields

 

If you do not start

You cannot finish anything-

All things take their course

Divide and conquer cannot work against the forces of Tao. The Tao is un-dividable and cannot be conquered. There is no mathematical formula that man can come up with that will work. All the scholars sitting in a crowded room can come up with nothing. All the sages walk in the fields, in the sunshine, learning far more than the scholars ever will.

Be

Sitting quietly

By the flowing black river

The full moon and I

Be the wind that touches your face. Be the raindrop that falls from the sky. Be the snowflake that lands in the perfect spot on a cold, snowy, winter night. Be the ice that forms at midnight and the ice that melts when it touches the sun in the morning. It is possible to be all these things if you one with the universe.