Tao of the Day S3_002

Today I had a longer session which started out with Johnny who chose #13 but we ran out of time and a glitch caused him to not be able to complete the call. Luckily Julie picked up the slack and decided to stick with #13. Loyce followed her up with #39, and then Kelly with #61, and finally Dr. Robert with #65.

#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.


#39 "Unity"
Unity is the standard
When achieved, all things are harmonious.

Heaven achieved it through purity.
Planets achieved it through solidity.
Beings achieve it through purpose (life),
Generation after generation,
Every individual being finds
Their own unity, their own harmony.

If Heaven were to lose its purity
So too its union with the Planets.

If Planets were to lose their solidity
So too their union with Beings.

If beings were to lose their purpose (lives)
Without unity, all would perish and decay.

The Master honors everything in every form,
She knows that there is nothing between the highest and lowest,
Differentiating we lose touch with Unity.

Always adjusting to find Unity
The Master lets herself be lived,
Constantly being renewed and shaped by Tao,
Rugged and full of resolve.


#61 "Being Great"
Being great requires the ability to be humble
So as to receive that which is attracted with tranquility.

Attraction is the most primal of expressions
To receive that which is attracted is to know oneself.

All great beings realize when they error, having realized it
They admit it and correct it to the best of their ability.
The greatest beings seek out those who can help identify their faults,
They consider their enemy a part of themselves that requires attention.

To be centered in Tao is to nourish all related things,
To not interfere or meddle in the errors of others.


#65 "Simple Awareness"
Masters aren’t interested in educating people
They would rather them be yielding and kind.

When people put their faith in knowledge
They lack faith in their own awareness.
When they are happy to not know
They have no choice but to put faith in themselves.

When Governing a Country, Family, or Self,
Avoid being clever and using knowledge to guide you.
People are not naturally stupid or submissive.
When not leaning on knowledge
All things are guided by awareness.