Guide Your Mind

| The Tao Chapter 2 – My Third Interpretation |

Your perception colors everything you experience. If a situation is rewarding, it is because you see it as such. If someone is kind, it is because of what you perceive. But change one aspect in your mind and that situation becomes worthless or that person a brut.

Your mind determines how you perceive and without your guidance it will guide you. You though, ought to guide it.

In order to transform your state, transform how you perceive.

Perceiving in the negative, conjures negative feelings. Perceiving in the positive conjures a positive state.

What you see and how you feel comes from your mind.

A disciplined mind can transform what you see and how you feel.

It is your choice.

Will you discipline your mind?

LIVING THE TAO: Today, when someone or something irritates you, stop, breathe deeply and identify one positive thing in the situation. Amplify that thing by expressing gratitude for its presence and continue to do so until your state changes. This is one way to discipline your mind.

My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my third 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.