Tao of the Day

• Tao of the Day S5_061

  Today I had the teachers come up and talk baout their recent expereinces starting with Melissa and #79 and then Marianne and #68. Jay K also popped up to give a synopsis through her #58.#58 "To Oversee, Don't Interfere"In overseeing anything, don't interfere,Let everything flourish in its own time.Interfering, you get met with resistanceOr worse, apathetic adherence.Misery and misfortune are tied to expectation.To expect success is to focus on failure,To expect happiness is to invite misery,To expect moral adherence is to flirt with tragedy.There is no escaping it, expecting good yields bad,This is interfering, it has always been true.The Master therefore is content to simply be an exampleShe has no desire to impose, and trusts all she oversees,She is firm but yielding, she is sharp, yet none are cut by herShe is radiant, but easy on the eyes.#68 "Do What you Love to Do"Great athletes love to play, not winGreat fighters love to fight, not be angryGreat generals love to strategize, not destroyGreat employers love to employ, not be a boss.Great musicians love to play, not perform.They are not attached to identities or outcomes,They simply dance with what they love to do.This is in harmony with Tao.#79 "Conflict Resolution"Every conflict creates an "Other"Even after a resolution, animosity remains.Is that good enough for you?Therefore, the Master always does her partKeeping the peace, not placing blame,Correcting her own actions,Without requiring the same from others.Tao doesn't care who's rightIf you do, you'll find it difficult.

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• Tao of the Day S5_060

  Today a great group of conversations started with Lo and #80, Jay Kay then joined me for an enlightening #62. And Marianne came up to address a few issues with #52.#52 "Like Tao so too You"All things issue from Tao, it is their motherThen, in their own time, they return to Tao.Like Tao, so too you act in the world of manifestation.When you recognize you are the mother of your experienceYou can identify the children your actions birth,Loving them as your children you free yourself of sorrow.Choose to not recognize your motherhood,A victim, filled with desire and judgment,There will be no end to your turmoil.Look into the darkness and learn how to yield,Not allowing your senses to guide you,You will find peace in ever crevasse.#62 "Everybody's Treasure"Tao benefits all thingsA treasure for those who knowAn opportunity for those who don't.To witness one act or speak to gain positionKnow they are under the influence of manifestation,Be like Tao and do not abandon them,For knowing Tao is learned by example.Therefore, when a new leader takes officeDon't offer words, gifts, or actionsOffer instead to teach them Tao.Why is Tao so universally loved?Because if you acknowledge it or notTao is your treasure,Always in harmonyEvery mistake forgiven.#80 "What's Important"Any state wishing to align with Tao remains small.Too many people bring about too many options and opinions.In a small State its inhabitants are skilled and wiseHowever there is never a need to put their skills on displayThey will be happy to humbly use their skills and work together.They never dwell on anything too longThe next thing to do is always making itself known.They love their surroundings so have no desire to travel.Although they have a few trucks and boatsNone are inspired to use them.They love their lives and their simple food,They make their own clothes,Spend time in their gardens while speaking to neighborsThey take the greatest pleasure being with family.Even though there is a bus to the city that travels through every weekEveryone here will be content without ever having made the trip.

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• Tao of the Day S5_059

  Six people joined me today, and it was all connected but I started off feeling quite disconnected. Loa started us off with #6 Jay K joined after that with #73. Melissa chose #26, Keristen joine and selected #5 after which Mary Way asked to go through #34 and Jennifer and I talked about #56.#5 "Impartial"Nature doesn't care,It knows everything is more than it seems.The Master doesn't care,She knows that as well.It is good to be emptyThus the Master embraces the void.Like a bellows, she produces from emptiness.Stay centered.#16 "Stillness and Integration"Being empty of mind is of the utmost importanceAnd it is to be guarded with fervor.We have all seen states of action arise,And always beyond it returns stillness.When any state of action is completeIt naturally returns to stillness.This allows integration of what arose from actionWhich is the natural cycle of maturation.If stillness and integration cannot be achievedConstant action will lead to anxiety and wild movements.Yielding to stillness makes one impartial,And all particular things fall away,Then when it is time to dieOne can be impartial to that as well.#26 "Wasted Movement"Without knowing darknessLight is mysterious and distracting.Without knowing stillnessAll movement is wasted.This is why the Master travelsAnd never leaves home.No matter how amazing the manifestationShe knows there is nothing that she is not.Why should anyone seek to be influenced or entertained?If you let yourself be entertainedYou lose touch with your root.If you let yourself be influencedYou lose touch with who you are.#34 "Tao is in Everything"Tao flows in every directionAnd is received by all thingsRegardless of their awareness.Beings are born from itYet it doesn't create them.It's work is every action takenProviding for everythingYet it makes no claim.Being at the root of all thingsIt is hidden within action.It has no motive, no desireIt promotes the greatness of beingsThus its greatness is humble and pure.#56 "Learn to be Silent"Those who know, aren't drawn to speakThose who don't know, are compelled to.Can you close your senses and your mouth?Can you be guided by the empty void?From there, meditate in silence,Blunt your sarcasm and wit,Simplify your struggles,Shade your brilliance.Be at one with the dust,This is primal existence.Be like the Master:She is uninspired to acquire fameYet honors are bestowed upon her.She is possessed by no one and possesses no oneYet is always loved by many.She is Immune to both attraction and repulsion,Receptive to both profit and loss.She is noble and is held in high esteem by all beings.#73 "Nothing Falls Through"There are men who love feeling, and to feel they kill.There are men who love feeling, and to do so remain calm.Who is to say which will experience more turmoil?There is purpose in walking with death, as there is in walking with life.The inner workings of Tao can never be understood;It makes no commands, yet all things come on their own accord;It never acts; but all things act on its behalf;It is empty, yet within it lays all things and their Master Plans.Tao is a net holding all things together, connected.Its mesh is wide, but it holds so well nothing falls through.

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• Tao of the Day S5_058

  Today I talked about respecting the Children when Lo joined me for #63 and then Marianne came up and we read #14.#14 "Hidden in Plain Sight"Look and there is nothing to see.Listen and there is nothing to hear.Reach and there is nothing to grasp.These three nothings, come together,They combine and are one.This is a mystery and cannot be named.It is present within all manifestationAnd is forever retuning to nothing.So subtle it cannot be identified,So conspicuous it is never hidden.Consider a time before historyTo show you how to yield.You cannot know (if you're doing) itYou cannot prove (that you're doing) it,But still you can be (doing) it.You are using it now, but for what?#63 "Problems are no Problem"Be still and you will act without doing,Be still and your work will happen regularly.Be still and your senses will engage the subtle.Similarly engage a stranger as the multitude.See the majesty of mountains in a grain of sand.The Master knows greatness cannot be grasped.Remaining still, she allows greatness to flow through her.With no desire to achieve it, her stillness guides her,Making subtle movements the difficult seems easy.She knows that all of life is not without its problemsSo problems turn out to be no problem at all.

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• Tao of the Day S5_057

  Today I talked a lot about #22, collaberation, and how everything in life is collaboritive. Melissa joined me for #48 and it was spot on for her remembering that everything is stupid.#22 "Looking Away from What You Want"To become completeKnow that you're partial.To become straightKnow that you're crooked.To become fullKnow that you're empty.To be newKnow that you're worn out.He who wants it allMust know what all includes.Thus, the Master stays centered in TaoAnd becomes an example for the world.Because she knows her light is forfeitPeople can see it.Because she has no point to provePeople can trust her words.Because she has no identityShe becomes a mirror for others.Because she has nothing to attainNothing can be kept from her.Thus, when it is said"To become complete know that you're partial."It is wise to heed and surrender to it.Only by living in collaboration with TaoCan one find completion.#48 "The More you Know"Pursuing knowledge, you accumulate daily,Turning your true nature into a commodity.Pursuing Tao, you unburden daily,Allowing your true nature to guide you.The Master unburdens herself again and againDiminishing, releasing, and deprogramming,Until finally there is nothing left to be.When there is nothing to be, there is nothing to doAnd everything gets accomplished regardless.

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