Today I had a long line, which hasn't happened for quite some time. It started with D-A-R-Y-L and #55 Then CiCi joined me for #13. Dr. Rao popped in to help us grasp these truths a little deeper and Yielded to Thomas FreeMe and #75. Mary K came up for a short session reading over #61 and Loyce wrapped up the day as we started it with #55.
13 "Finding Equality at the Extremes"
To succeed and to fail are equally undesirable.
Creation and destruction are equally present within us.
What do I mean by “To succeed and to fail are equally undesirable?”
The more success you have the more you protect it by hiding failure.
The more you associate with failure the more you embody it.
When neither success nor failure is identified as the destination
Being becomes the objective.
What do I mean by “Creation and destruction are equally present within us?”
Having a body and a mind, with which I identify, gets me involved in the manifestation.
The manifestation convinces me of my actions
and so naming them I both create and destroy
Neither of which are unique.
To see yourself with indifference
You will have faith in all things.
To see the world with indifference
You will be able to care for it all.
#55 "Inner Strength and Harmony"
One who has inner strength is like a baby boy,
At his peak, flexible and empty with no judgment.
Bees, wild beasts, birds of prey cannot harm him.
With no knowledge of the world
His penis can stand erect,
He has no shame or questions of why.
Caught in manifestation the myriad scream for a time and he hardly notices,
His harmony is so aligned he also can scream all day without getting horse.
He is powered by his harmony, and it keeps all fear at bay.
The Master never speaks of possessing anything, life is the blessing.
Those who pursue power and excitement find themselves confused,
They allow their emotions to guide them, and they become exhausted.
It is not from Tao and whatever is not from Tao arrives dead.
#61
When a country obtains great power,
it becomes like the sea:
all streams run downward into it.
The more powerful it grows,
the greater the need for humility.
Humility means trusting the Tao,
thus never needing to be defensive.
A great nation is like a great man:
When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.
Having realized it, he admits it.
Having admitted it, he corrects it.
He considers those who point out his faults
as his most benevolent teachers.
He thinks of his enemy
as the shadow that he himself casts.
If a nation is centered in the Tao,
if it nourishes its own people
and doesn't meddle in the affairs of others,
it will be a light to all nations in the world.
#75
When taxes are too high,
people go hungry.
When the government is too intrusive,
people lose their spirit.
Act for the people's benefit.
Trust them; leave them alone.
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