![]() ![]() And my first Prayer fades into the moment With a sweetness of remembered perfume.The Tao Te Ching ( UK: / ˌ t aʊ t iː ˈ tʃ ɪ ŋ/, US: / ˌ d aʊ d ɛ ˈ dʒ ɪ ŋ/ simplified Chinese: 道德经 traditional Chinese: 道德經 pinyin: Dàodé Jīng i) is a Chinese classic text and foundational work of Taoism written around 400 BC and traditionally credited to the sage Laozi, though the text's authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated. For Creation, for the unnamed and unnameable. Noticing the life swimming in my veins, Swimming in the veins of the world, I want to thank Life itself, for Life.Īnd then, quickly, on gratitude's heels, Comes the wish that all may feel, may perceive May experience this blessed love for Life. There seems nothing to say Apart from praise. ![]() Pressure rests on my forehead And Still, my mind is quiet. Bubbles of life continue to spring, seemingly from nowhere.Įvery cell in my body becomes alive. Glory fills the crevices between each muscle, each bone, each vein. Its origin is unknown, For it existed before Heaven and Earth. Transparent yet invisible, The Tao exists like deep pellucid water. It blunts the edges of the intellect, Untangles the knots of the mind, Softens the glare of thinking, And settles the dust of thought. Fathomless for the mere intellect, The Tao is the law wherewith all things come into being. Lord, let us empty of all doctrines, The Tao is wisdom eternally inexhaustible. By not-knowing we follow nature's course. I don't know others, Others don't know me. The flower opens, the butterfly comes The butterfly comes, the flower opens. The flower invites the butterfly with no-mind The butterfly visits the flower with no-mind. Lao Tzu from the "Tao Te Ching" Back to Top Nature's Course Yet mystery and manifestations arise from the same source. Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations. Free from desire, you realize the mystery. Naming is the origin of all particular things. ![]() The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart. If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. In her I see the wisdom of the Tao: The hard and strong will fall The soft and meek shall overcome. ![]() Let me learn a lesson from your daughter water Who seeks the lowest path, Ever yielding and humble, Yet wears down the strongest stones into sand. Create within me the heart Of a disciple of life, A heart that is gentle and meek. Fill me this day, I pray, With the strength of your Spirit, The strength to be flexible and ever-green. Make my heart like the green willow tree That easily bends in the wind, That bows gracefully before the storm Only to raise its head again with renewed life When the angry clouds have moved on. Free me of that affliction of believers Who so easily become rigid of heart In their journeys to you. Save your servant, O Sustainer of Life, From too early a death. The gentle and yielding are the disciples of life. Therefore the stiff and unbending are the disciples of death. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. ![]()
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