Beginning of Wisdom

| The Tao Chapter 14 – My Fourth Interpretation|

There is a part of you that though you cannot see it, you can see how it works in your life. You cannot hear it, yet you can listen to its guidance. You cannot touch it, but you can feel its presence in the silence.

It is formless, yet includes all forms. It appears to have no end and locating its beginning puzzles the mind. This part of you is beyond your understanding, and still, if you choose, you understand.

You know that if you choose to, you can sense it. You know that it’s been with you since your dawn, and it will guide your journey to your dusk. You know that this part of you was not conceived from flesh. It is not physical.

It is with you to help you on your journey, but you must choose to surrender—let go of your way—to allow the flow of its assistance.

Call it Soul, Spirit, Universal Source, Providence, or the Divine. Call it what you will, but you know it is your true form.

Choosing to embrace this knowing and its presence is the beginning of wisdom.

LIVING THE TAO: Today, I invite you to reflect on the first, secondand thirdinterpretations along with this fourth and ask, are there any shifts you are prepared to make today in relation to aligning with the art of living as shared in the Tao?

My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my fourth reading of Stephen Mitchell’s translation. I share my daily interpretations hoping to inspire you to do the same.

Embrace your journey. Experience bliss. Live the Tao.

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