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Old 22-12-2010, 08:39 PM
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Tao Te Ching

http://www.taoteching.org/

Study....
Reflect...
Meditate....
Listen within.....

then....

LIVE by Practice!
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Old 29-12-2010, 01:00 PM
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6 - Experience

Experience is a riverbed,
Its source hidden, forever flowing:
Its entrance, the root of the world,
The Way moves within it:
Draw upon it; it will not run dry.

~Tao Te Ching~
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Old 30-12-2010, 03:24 PM
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Experience is the wind...
No one sees it coming or going....
You can "Feel" it....
You cannot "think" it.....

The Way opens to the open hearted .....
The Way never closes.....
but 'thoughtless thoughts' act like boulders covering the entrance....

Clear the way!
Through the hearts pain!

Clear the Way!
Through the brains pain!

Clear the Way!
Only You can block the way.....

Today.....
NOW!
Clear the Way by facing every inner pain and letting them go.


-Toad It-Ching
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Old 30-12-2010, 03:57 PM
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The sage does not distinguish between himself and the world;
The needs of other people are as his own.

He is good to those who are good;
He is also good to those who are not good,
Thereby he is good.
He trusts those who are trustworthy;
He also trusts those who are not trustworthy,
Thereby he is trustworthy.

The sage lives in harmony with the world,
And his mind is the world's mind.
So he nurtures the worlds of others
As a mother does her children.

49 People

And..............

Honest people use no rhetoric;
Rhetoric is not honesty.
Enlightened people are not cultured;
Culture is not enlightenment.
Content people are not wealthy;
Wealth is not contentment.

So the sage does not serve himself;
The more he does for others, the more he is satisfied;
The more he gives, the more he receives.
Nature flourishes at the expense of no one;
So the sage benefits all men and contends with none.

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Old 30-12-2010, 07:48 PM
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10 - Harmony

Embracing the Way, you become embraced;
Breathing gently, you become newborn;
Clearing your mind, you become clear;
Nurturing your children, you become impartial;
Opening your heart, you become accepted;
Accepting the world, you embrace the Way.

Bearing and nurturing,
Creating but not owning,
Giving without demanding,
This is harmony.
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Old 31-12-2010, 03:56 AM
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Empty yourself of everything.
Let the mind become still.
The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return.
They grow and flourish and then return to the source.
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
The way of nature is unchanging.
Knowing constancy is insight.
Not knowing constancy leads to disaster.
Knowing constancy, the mind is open.
With an open mind, you will be openhearted.
Being openhearted, you will act royally.
Being royal, you will attain the divine.
Being divine, you will be at one with the Tao.
Being at one with the Tao is eternal.
And though the body dies, the Tao will never pass away.
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Old 31-12-2010, 05:20 PM
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Live The Tao.....

Be The Tao....

You already are......

Even if you have only forgotten....

Be still and Know God-Divinity-Truth-Higher Self-No Self-Unified Field....

Simply put the desire to remember in your heart and then let it go.....

Leave the details to the Universe......

Without struggle you will return....

To The Tao.....


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Old 02-01-2011, 12:19 PM
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The enlightened possess understanding
So profound they can not be understood.
Because they cannot be understood
I can only describe their appearance:
Cautious as one crossing thin ice,

Undecided as one surrounded by danger,
Modest as one who is a guest.
Unbounded as melting ice,
Genuine as unshaped wood,
Broad as a valley,
Seamless as muddy water.

Who stills the water that the mud may settle,
Who seeks to stop that he may travel on,
Who desires less than what may transpire,
Decays, but will not renew.
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Old 03-01-2011, 01:27 AM
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The origin of the world is its mother;
Understand the mother, and you understand the child;
Embrace the child, and you embrace the mother,
Who will not perish when you die.

Reserve your judgments and words
And you maintain your influence;
Speak your mind and take positions
And nothing will save you.

As observing detail is clarity,
So maintaining flexibility is strength;
Use the light but shed no light,
So that you do yourself no harm,But embrace clarity.
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Old 04-01-2011, 05:29 PM
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The river carves out the valley by flowing beneath it.
Thereby the river is the master of the valley.

In order to master people
One must speak as their servant;
In order to lead people
One must follow them.

So when the sage rises above the people,
They do not feel oppressed;
And when the sage stands before the people,
They do not feel hindered.

So the popularity of the sage does not fail,
He does not contend, and no one contends against him.
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