The truth is not palatable to those who are not ready.
Wisdom, when shared requires no need to be proven.
Giving from a heart-felt place adds joy to the experience.
Authentic service to others makes one rich with rewards.
This is how Life’s flow works for you: honesty, wisdom, joy and rich rewards. The more you accept, the more it will give; the more you give, the more you will receive.
LIVING THE TAO: Humble yourself to receive feedback you do not enjoy and allow yourself to grow from it. Hold your tongue for the truth speaks. Be a blessing for others and you will be blessed. Flowing with Life is this manner makes for an ease-filled life.
In 2018 my focus was to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. Now I continue into 2019 with my fifth reading. 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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Life says to you, “the Great Way—my flow—existed before you were conceived. You entered into it without knowing, yet there is a part of you that knew.”
Life’s flow extends way beyond your finite understanding in infinite directions, yet there is a part of you that comprehends it with clarity.
Calm your mind and slow the busyness so you can feel your alignment with the Great Way and experience Life’s flow with increased ease.
LIVING THE TAO: Today in the midst of your hectic day, take a moment to feel your way back to alignment with Life’s flow.
In 2018 my focus was to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. Now I continue into 2019 with my fifth reading. 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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When you sit still to focus on the stillness, you open the world.
When you close your eyes to quiet your mind, you see clearly.
Make this silence a practice and witness the expansion of your intuition.
You have the power to shape your world. Sit still in silence. Creation begins there.
LIVING THE TAO: Do you flit from thing to thing during your days and would much rather flow with increased productivity? Try the stillness of meditation. If you’ve never done it before, start with two minutes, then gradually increase. Over time you will see a positive difference in your world.
In 2018 my focus was to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. Now I continue into 2019 with my fifth reading. 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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Confidence derived from your Divine Source within results in constructive productivity that benefits yourself and others.
Without this confidence, there is fear and insecurity which results in emotional or physical harm for yourself and others.
The perpetual need for a defensive stance is woeful and fear is a debilitating illusion.
Understand your authentic power within; then confidence rather than fear can lead in your life.
LIVING THE TAO: Making decisions from a place of worry is leading with fear. You are powerless. Take time to understand your Divine power to lead with sincere confidence.
In 2018 my focus was to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. Now I continue into 2019 with my fifth reading. 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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Your power to succeed is already with you. Your ability to generate lasting happiness is already with you.
If you need approval of your brilliance, you seek for others to have power over you. You have diminished your own.
When you look for happiness from people, events or things, you will always be looking. Happiness this way will end.
Is this the existence you want to create?
Go inward to know you already have it all. When you can see that you lack nothing, then you can have everything.
LIVING THE TAO: If you are seeking approval and happiness from the outside, you will become tired. Remember this: let your search only be within.
In 2018 my focus was to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. Now I continue into 2019 with my fifth reading. 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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The three members of your being shape your outcomes.
Your body performs the actions that lead to physical creation. Your brain generates the energy to inform the body. Your mind shapes energy into thought to inform the brain.
All creations are measured with action and acceptance. Perform the tasks with diligence and compassion. Accept the outcomes as a part of the flow.
Bring your members into alignment through the practice of stillness.
Creating from a place of oneness among your members yields results that benefit all.
The three members of your being shape your outcomes, either disjointedly or in unison. It’s up to you.
LIVING THE TAO: How do you show up for your work? Performing unconsciously or with mindfulness? If work is often chaotic, it could be that unconsciousness is at its root. Cultivate a practice of stillness so your peaceful mind can be the initial informant to your actions.
In 2018 my focus was to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. Now I continue into 2019 with my fifth reading. 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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Your conception was in alignment with Life’s flow. Likewise, your formation and birth. They happened without your tinkering. They happened for your benefit.
Return to that flow—the one where you allow Life to happen for you.
Surrendering is the key that unlocks your ability to align with Life’s flow.
Allow your thoughts to settle and feel your direction. Move with confidence and you will see your doors open. You won’t need to force them. They will open. Life’s flow responds to your surrender.
So then, return to your original state of being—your conception–where you were completely in alignment with Life.
LIVING THE TAO: If you are tired or worn out from trying to make things happen, consider another way of being. Consider surrendering—not in defeat, but in victory. Your desires are born in your surrender.
My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my fifth 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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At one with Life, you are united with your wholeness and the connection between all things. There is growth. There is abundance. There is joy. There is renewing.
At odds with Life, you feel separate and disconnected. There is a hole within. There is depression, though it may be masked or ignored. There is lack. There is stagnation.
Your goal then is to connect to your wholeness so that you may feel the joy of being at one with Life.
LIVING THE TAO: Are you experiencing the joy of livingor the pain of silent screams. You have a choice. Choose joy.
My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my fifth 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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The desire to lord over others is rooted in a message of ignorance of self. It indicates that you do not know the source of your power, therefore, you do not know yourself.
To be consumed with making things happen according to your might is also rooted in a message of ignorance of self. It indicates that you do not understand your power, therefore, you do not understand who you are.
Superficial victories placate you, but their satisfaction never last.
What is lasting is what is born of your true power—the fruits of unconditional love for self and others. Focus on the depth, not the surface; the fruit, not the flower.
On this journey, master the art of living by centering yourself in the truth of who you are. Your power will then naturally flow.
LIVING THE TAO: Are you concerned only about how the world impacts you and your family? Do you express compassion for others? Does your focus center on what you can get from others? Is living this way joyful in a way that is lasting? If not, consider the inspiration of the Tao.
My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my fifth 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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If you could only learn to be still on the inside, you would also learn that on the outside you don’t have to makeanything happen. Your presence within Life’s flow takes care of makingthings happen for you.
If the influential could flow in this power—their true power—then they would truly change the world.
The strength to be still and allow Life’s natural rhythms to flow has the power to transform hearts.
In stillness there is bravery. From stillness comes peace. With stillness there is love.
These in abundance change the world.
LIVING THE TAO: How much fuss is being stirred up by trying to control outcomes by your might? It would be easier and less stressful for all involved if you became still and sought the direction of your inner guidance system. So, do that instead.
My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my fifth 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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