SANCTUARY Golden light skims azure bay, Dense air heavy with laurel. Windless dusk smears to night, Sonorous pool in a sheltered grove. Though this world is...
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Kevin Slater
saulecker
May 1, 2008 1:02 pm
67. Three Treasures Everyone in the social world calls my guide 'great' It's like not resembling. In general only being great hence like not resembling. If it...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 2, 2008 9:04 am
Day 122 VALIDITY A river new -- Ancient words unneeded. See, touch, rushing beauty, Drink crystal flow. When we stand on the banks of a river, we must realize...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 3, 2008 9:29 am
Day 123 CENTER From a bud, only a promise. Then a gentle opening : Rich blooming, bursting fragrance, The fulfillment of the center. True beauty comes from...
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Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 4, 2008 10:12 am
Day 124 DEFIANCE Every god can be defied. No choice, no devotion. There have been many rebels who have chosen to defy their gods. Without this option, there...
3502
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 5, 2008 9:18 am
Day 125 RESOLVE Banish uncertainty. Affirm strength. Hold resolve. Expect death. Make your stand today. On this spot. On this day. Make your actions count; do...
3503
Kevin Slater
saulecker
May 5, 2008 1:24 pm
68. Coinciding with Nature Those who are good champions don't battle. Those who are good at war don't get angry. Those who are good at defeating the enemy...
3504
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 6, 2008 9:24 am
Day 126 METAPHOR Spirituality is Applied poetry. Metaphysics is Applied metaphor. All the methods that we have for knowing Tao came from observing the outside...
3505
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 7, 2008 9:02 am
Day 127 CONCEALMENT Hide what you know. Conceal talent. Shield your light. Bide your time. Once you can follow Tao with skill, hide your abilities. Privately ...
3506
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 8, 2008 9:01 am
Day 128 LIMITS Every river has its banks, Every ocean has its shores. Constant expansion is not possible. Everything reaches its limits and the wise always try...
3507
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 9, 2008 9:24 am
Day 129 UNCERTAINTY Kicking a pebble by the side of the road, Watching it tumble pell-mell. Chance and randomness become order. There is chance in this world....
3508
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 10, 2008 11:13 am
Day 130 STRUGGLE Life acquires meaning When we face the conflict Between our desires And reality. We all have differing personalities vying for predominance in...
3509
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 11, 2008 10:13 am
Day 131 MEANING Lightning tears temple asunder. Divine wrath, or natural disaster? There was a seaside temple in India that was struck by lightning. That minor...
3510
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 12, 2008 9:05 am
Day 132 RECOGNITION Spokes on the heavenly wheel Keep rotation constant. Those who follow Tao believe that Tao progresses through phases. They apply this...
3511
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 13, 2008 9:27 am
Day 133 COOPER Barrel maker planes staves to exact angles. His shavings glow in the afternoon sun. He joins fragrant wood together, Fitting shoulders like...
3512
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 14, 2008 9:07 am
Day 134 RELAXATION Relaxation Is total peace. When you relax completely, there is total silence. No thought enters the mind, no problems arise from the body,...
3513
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 15, 2008 9:00 am
Day 135 VISIONS Neither drug-induced Nor self-induced visions : Pierce all visions, To see the void. Tao is not to be found through drugs or any external...
3514
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 16, 2008 9:03 am
Day 136 JUDGMENT The accused stands helpless before the judge. Pen is poised to determine right from wrong. In one arbitrary stroke, Life is suddenly decided. ...
3515
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 17, 2008 10:30 am
Day 137 VULNERABILITIES A warrior takes every person as an adversary. He sees all their vulnerable points, And trains to eliminate his own. A sage has no...
3516
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 18, 2008 8:59 am
Day 138 SCHOLASTICISM Ocean inside a skull-cup, Seeking the universal code in letters. The mind is like a flower on icy water : An eye within the petals. The...
3517
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 19, 2008 8:59 am
Day 139 MARRIAGE Wall of flames, bridge of tears. Snowflake on newly forged links. For a marriage to last, a couple must go through great travails and ...
3518
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 20, 2008 9:18 am
Day 140 DISSENT Old man : Dissent is not disloyalty. Be careful before you retaliate. Your steel wrapped in cotton May only be brittle bone wrapped in fat. No...
3519
Kevin Slater
saulecker
May 20, 2008 1:09 pm
69. Profound Use There are slogans for using armies. "I don't presume to deem-act as lord and deem-act as guest. Don't presume to advance an inch and withdraw...
3520
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 21, 2008 9:01 am
Day 141 WRINKLES Lines on the face, tattoos of aging. Life is proved upon the body Like needle-jabs from a blind machine. The older one gets, the more one is...
3521
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 22, 2008 9:18 am
Day 142 LEISURE Birds chirp, vanguard for coming rain, Dog bark skitters through twilight village. Smoke raises a column through the pines, Contented families...
3522
Kevin Slater
saulecker
May 22, 2008 1:03 pm
71. Know-how as a disease Knowing not to know is better. Not knowing to know is a defect. In general, in only 'defecting' defects, using this is not to...
3523
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 23, 2008 8:42 am
Day 143 INTUITION Hawk doesn't think during the hunt. It does not care for theory or ethics. All that it does is natural. Animals live simple lives close to...
3524
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 24, 2008 10:13 am
Day 144 LATENT Prophets and priest teach the form of Tao. Tao's essence cannot be taught. It is latent, And cannot be known by learning. Why do religions...
3525
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 25, 2008 8:55 am
Day 145 VIEWS Red sea through pine lattice. Islands kneel like vassals before headlands. Rain clouds snag on coastal ridges. Yarrow stands spectral in the...
3526
Sue in NJ
sue_in_nj
May 26, 2008 10:17 am
Day 146 INSIGNIFICANCE Spasms of molten rock Piled a cone three miles high. Rain and wind split a hundred towering fingers. In time, trees strove for leverage...
