Going with the flow of Life means surrendering to what the moment offers you.
There is no resistance. Only acceptance of the moment.
In flow, your actions emerge from your being-ness.
In flow, you fully give yourself to the moment, doing all you can, the best you can and then let go.
Surrender to the moment, action through non-action, then rest: that is allowing the flow.
LIVING THE TAO: Allowing events to flow can seem like laziness or make you anxious, but it’s not that you are sitting still like a zombie. No. You are using your intuition to feel your next direction. Then Life carries you. That is action through non-action.
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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A work in progress may look chaotic, but it is perfect and whole.
To be full, on must become empty; that is surrender.
To gain wisdom, one must seem foolish; that is turn away from accepting the norm just because.
Art, when in creation lacks form, but at completion is exquisite. The beauty was always present.
Therefore, allow things to unfold in their natural flow. When you stop interfering, the perfection will emerge.
LIVING THE TAO: If you are frustrated, waiting for something to turn out the way you would like, and the events are out of your control, stop. Release the frustration, allow events to flow, and the masterpiece will emerge as it should.
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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There is no need to broadcast your efforts for approval.
Work with confidence in flow with your inner guidance to know that the outcome will benefit all who are involved.
Before a result can be seen as grand, it is first seen as insignificant. Before something can fade away it will first flourish.
Before a tree, there is a seed. Afterward, there is dust.
Before your result, there is a thought. Afterward is the wind.
Therefore, do your work gallantly then let it be. The results will have their time to grow, expand and pass on.
Everything follows this cycle.
LIVING THE TAO: Work diligently for the benefit of all who your work touches, but do so with inner harmony knowing that the fruit of your labor will ripen, and pass on. Maintain your perspective on what is ultimately important.
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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What is being your best self?
It is being.
Being without resistance to Life’s flow;
Allowing your inner voice to guide you;
Accepting the experiences Life brings you as gifts for your becoming.
Being is expressing the true you.
How can you be your best self?
By letting Life live you;
By living an inspired life;
By being honest with yourself in all things;
By serving the benefit of others.
Who is your best self?
The self;
The intangible part of you who you once heard clearly, but stifled in your own pursuits;
The part of you that yearns to express its uniqueness to the world, but is repressed;
The beingness that you see when you silently gaze into your own eyes.
Being your best self is allowing the wellspring of Life to be expressed through you for the benefit of all.
LIVING THE TAO: There is an inner voice that whispers your heart’s desires for expression in the world to serve humankind in its own unique way and to bring you joy. Are you listening? Are you allowing your best self to emerge?
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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Purpose is found at the center, in the empty space.
A bowl’s purpose is made clear once it is filled. Its core holds the secret of its purpose.
Likewise, a vase or an empty cup.
Such is the case for you.
Your purpose is found at your center. As you are filled with joy from the right work, your purpose is made clear.
Be mindful in your dealings to find your purpose. It is at your center.
LIVING THE TAO: If you are not yet doing the work you love, follow the teachings of the Tao, identify it, and do it. There is a space that only you can fill.
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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There is no one person higher than another, except for the one you have made so in your thinking. In making others higher, you have made yourself lower.
Help yourself to understand that cultivating compassion for yourself rises above the perceived status that possessions bring.
Consider that the commitment to boldness goes further than the desire to achieve.
And embrace that moving forward in the dark enlightens your knowledge of who you are.
With self-compassion and boldness to keep moving forward without knowing, all things for you come to you when they should.
This is you flowing with life.
LIVING THE TAO: Do you live these three? If not, what will it take for you to begin today?
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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Noble choices are easily avoidable and at times disregarded for self-serving acts. It feels easier to be absorbed in the lower self than to allow union with your higher nature, but self-serving later yields self-induced suffering.
Aligning your thoughts with a noble purpose brings simplicity and eliminates suffering.
Practicing composure in times that test, allows union with the stillness of your higher nature and strengthens your ability to endure.
Expressing compassion toward yourself is the beginning of joy.
Therefore, in all things choose simplicity, patience and compassion and your suffering will depart.
LIVING THE TAO: Today, I invite you to reflect on the first, second and third interpretations 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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The nature of a thing makes it susceptible to what can naturally occur.
If you plant the seeds of mischief, trouble will arise.
If you plant the seeds of doubt, worry and fear will grow.
If you plant the seeds of peace, peace is what you will see.
Rushing a thing into being ruins the creation of the thing. In moving hastily comes waste. In moving wisely, things take their natural course.
Therefore, with patience, plant the seed of the fruit you choose to see and at the time that is right, the fruit will flourish.
LIVING THE TAO: Today, I invite you to reflect on the first, second and third interpretations 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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How does one surrender to Life’s flow?
It is similar to when you were conceived. The cells multiplied for your growth without interference or resistance from you, nor attachment to the previous phase of growth. They came to be as a part of your path.
It is similar to when you were in the womb, ready and prepared for birth. The elements around you changed and without interference, resistance or attachment to the previous phase. You allowed the guidance. You allowed your path.
It is similar to the connection of moments that develop your continuum of experiences, readying and preparing you as the elements around you change, and without your interference or resistance, guidance happens for your path.
And there is the answer.
You surrender to Life’s flow by allowing its guidance without interference, resistance, or attachment to what was as change happens for your path.
Are you able?
LIVING THE TAO: Today, I invite you to reflect on the first, second and third interpretations 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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All of your experiences serve you in your journey of remembering who you are. Surrender to their lessons.
Time unfolds to serve your journey until the end. Honor your moments.
LIVING THE TAO: Today, I invite you to reflect on the first, second and third interpretations 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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