The present
moment is the source of
everything. As long as you have
resentments about the past or ideas
about the future, you cannot
genuinely be in the
present.
You owe it
to your future self, and
to the rest of us, to be completely
absorbed here and now. Make all
notions of past and future a
cool pile of ashes in
the corner.
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All the myriad things
are neither opposed to nor contrary
to your true self. Directly pass through to
freedom and they make one whole.
It has been this way from time
without beginning.
The only problem
is when people put themselves
in opposition to it and spurn it and impose
orientations of grasping or rejecting, creating a
concern where there is none. This is
precisely why they are not
joyfully alive.
In ancient times
those who practiced Tao
didn’t want to enlighten people,
but to keep them natural
and simple.
When cleverness
and intellect abound, people
don’t do well. A leader who governs
with cleverness cheats his people.
A leader who governs with
simplicity is a blessing
to his people.
These are
the two alternatives.
Understanding them is
subtle insight. The use of
subtle insight brings all
things back into
oneness.
from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,
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Every moment,
leave the Way to the Way
in order to express
the Way.
see also: i ching hexagram 20, kuan / contemplation
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There are many occasions in life which tempt us into negative thoughts. Anxiety about the future, mistrust of another person, bodily pain, fear of failure or even success—all of these tempt us into mistrusting life and believing that life is against us. When we fall into this trap, we are in opposition to the workings of the Creative and success becomes impossible.
The simple truth is that every moment in every person’s life contains the teaching he or she most needs at the time. It is not always immediately apparent why a thing is happening because the Sage is often inclined to work in a roundabout fashion. Nonetheless, whatever is happening now is what must happen. Our only task is to trust the process and allow the lesson to seep in.
This hexagram comes as a signal that you are resisting life and preventing your own progress. Nonetheless, success is still possible, for every opposition carries within it the seeds of agreement. Cease resisting yourself, others, life, the Sage. Let go of dark thoughts and aggressive actions. By returning to acceptance, neutrality, and devotion to the way of the Sage, you dissolve the opposition within yourself and open the way for understanding and good fortune to arrive.
from The I Ching, or Book of Changes
Hexagram 38 / K’uei (Opposition)
fourth changing line:
Mistrust of fate
leaves you isolated and alone.
By rejoining the path of the Sage,
you return to joy.
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Further guidance from the
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If you haven’t
attained the Way,
don’t admonish others.
Don’t waste time blaming
yourself, either. Just
attain the Way.
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