Have Patience…

I have just three things to teach:simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and in thoughts,you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world. ~Ch.67 Tao te Ching / Stephen Mitchell

Escher and Taoism on One Page

Don't chase after people's approval.Don't depend on your plans.Don't make decisions;let decisions make themselves.Free yourself of concepts;don't believe what you think.Embody the inexhaustible.Wander beyond all paths.Receive what you have been givenand know that it is always enough.The Master's mind is like a mirror:it responds but doesn't store,contains nothing, excludes nothing,and reflects things exactly as they … Continue reading Escher and Taoism on One Page

Worldly Vibes

I pick up my sisal bag. The sand slips softly under my feet. The time for reflection is almost over. The search for outward simplicity, for inner integrity, for fuller relationship--is this not a limited outlook? Of course it is, in one sense. Today a kind of planetal point of view has burst upon mankind. The world is rumbling and erupting in … Continue reading Worldly Vibes