When people see others doing wrong and conceive aversion and disdain, that is like grabbing the knife from someone about to kill himself and committing suicide with it your self. It is the other who is doing wrong, not compelling you; why take on others wrongs and make them into your own sickness?
Reference: Treatise on sitting and forgetting
Taoist Meditation: Methods for Cultivating a Healthy Mind and Body
p. 91
There are things one tries everything to gain, but endless efforts end up in vain;
however, sometimes you obtain something without trying look for it
– serendipity, or even inspiration.
Feng Menglong
Reference: Wisdom of the Ancients for Today
Foreign Languages Press 2007
p. 120
Once upon a time there was a craftsman who lost his Axe. He thought hard, and finally suspected his neighbor of stealing it. When he saw his neighbor walking, he thought that he walked like an Axe thief. When he meet his neighbor, the others countenance was just like that of an Axe thief, and when he saw him in conversation with others, he even talked like an Axe thief.
Not long afterward, the craftsman found his Axe where he had mislaid it. Strangely enough, from that time on, his neighbor ceased to walk, look and talk like an Axe Thief.
Reference:A Taoist Miscellany
I have arrived
I am home
in the here
in the now
I am Solid
I am free
in the Ultimate
I dwell
Thich Nhat Hanh
Reference:
The Long Road Turns to Joy: Guide to Walking Meditation
Here it is – right now. Start thinking about it and you miss it.
Giraffe Language – Non Violent Communication
The Language of Nonviolence interview with Marshall Rosenberg yesmagazine.org
Marshall Rosenberg wikipedia.org
May all creatures, all living things, all beings, be free from hatred, difficulties, and troubles, and may they live in happiness!
The world has no constant values, events has no constant guide.
When others act, I am still; When others talk I listen. If you know your nature, you’ll have few troubles; if you know your destiny, you won’t worry.
Reference:
Alchemists, Mediums, and Magicians: Stories of Taoist Mystics
by Thomas Cleary
ISBN: 9781590306598
p. 14
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is Man.
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,
A being darkly wise and rudely great:
With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side,
With too much weakness for the Stoic’s pride,
He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest,
In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast,
In doubt his mind or body to prefer;
Born but to die, and reasoning but to err;
Alike in ignorance, his reason such
Whether he thinks too little or too much:
Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;
Still by himself abused, or disabused;
Created half to rise and half to fall;
Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled:
The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Alexander Pope
Links:
Alexander Pope wikipedia.org
The field of quantum theory is like Disney land – everything is possible!
Yesterday I was introduced to Nassim Haramein’s grand unified field theory by my girlfriend through a popularized presentation on youtube. Although Nassim Haramein say “oh my God” a bit to often for my personal taste, he comes across as is an original thinker.
In short “we are embedded in a fractal feedback dynamic that intrinsically connects all things via the medium of a vacuum structure of infinite potential”.
Nassim Haramein touches such diverse subjects as Applied physics, Quantum mechanics, Anthropology, Archeology, Astrophysics, Biology, Black Hole Physics, Chemistry, Cosmology, Crop Circles, Event, Psychology and Sociology.
I tried to find Nassim Haramein’s page on wikipedia.org but apparently it has been deleted.
One of Nassim Haramein’s logics: If the world is expanding, the world must be contracting at the same time, according to Newtons fundamental law of motion in physics (To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction). This is a compelling argument, but what do this have to do with messages to the human race from outer space in crop circles?
Thank God I am not a physicist or even a scientist, but just a layman.
Links:
The Resonance Project theresonanceproject.org
Nassim Haramein 1 – 45 youtube.com
Grand Unified Field Theory: Nassim Haramein Pt.1 (10 min. interview) youtube.com
Crossing the Event Horizon youtube.com
Related:
Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything
by Ervin Laszlo
ISBN 9781594770425
I dwell in spiritual tipsiness, looking into the meaning of mellowness.
I do not know why there is a profound smile on my lips,
neither do I care to find out.
Lighting up me entire body,
filling it to the brim with nothing.
I die to my self.
Not knowing who I am,
or where I am.
Lost to the world,
entering Heaven.
Walking the earth,
returning from bliss.
The spark of tipsiness has lit my life.
How can anything be the same.
Learning how to die moment by moment. In an instant a real human being.
Learn to enjoy boredom and monotony. When you feel bored, it means that it is a really good time and everything is in good condition. This is the most valuable time for you. Most people are unpleasant when things are boring, because they do not know the value of boredom and monotony. Monotony to them is too simple, and they cannot stand it. Those things you consider boring and monotonous can help you come back to yourself instead of pulling you away. By accepting them, you can nurture yourself.
Reference:
Entering the Tao: Master Ni’s Teachings on Self-cultivation
by Hua-Ching Ni
ISBN 9781570621611
Zeitgeist: Addendum wikipedia.org
Background:
Zeitgeist zeitgeistmovie.com
Zeitgeist, the Movie wikipedia.org
Cook Ting was cutting an ox after a sacrifice to be used as food for Lord Wen of Hui. At every touch of the hand, every heave of the shoulder, every move of the feet, every bend of the knee, he slipped the knife along effortlessly and all was in perfect rhythm as though he were performing the dance of the mulberry grove to the flow of the melody of Yao’s music.
“Ah, this is marvelous,” said Lord Wen of Hui. “Imagine skill reaching such heights!”
Cook Ting laid down his knife and replied, “What I care about is the natural path which goes beyond skill. When I first began cutting oxen, all I could see was the ox itself. After three years I no longer saw the whole ox. Now I go at it through intuition. Perception and understanding have come to a stop and intuition moves where it wants. I go along with the natural construction, strike in the big hollow places, guide the knife through large openings, and follow things as they are. So I never touch the smallest ligament or tendon, much less the main joints.
“A good cook changes knives once a year, because he cuts. A mediocre cook changes his once a month, because he hacks. I’ve had this knife of mine for nineteen years and I’ve cut thousands of oxen with it, yet the blade is as good as new.
“There are spaces between the joints, and the blade of remain in peace. Undeveloped people cannot do this; there the knife is just as if it had no thickness really. If you insert what has no thickness into such spaces, then there’s plenty of room, more than enough for the blade to play about. And after nineteen years, the blade of my knife is still as good as when it first came from the grindstone.
“However, whenever I come to a complicated spot, I size up the difficulties, tell myself to watch out and be careful, keep my eyes on what I am doing, work very slowly and move the knife with the greatest subtlety until the whole thing comes apart like a clod of earth flopping to the ground. I stand there holding the knife and look all around me, my mind completely full with the satisfaction of accomplishing a perfect job, and then I wipe the knife and put it away.
“Excellent,” said Lord Wen of Hui. “I have heard the words of Cook Ting and learned how to solve the problems of life!”
Reference:
Entering the Tao: Master Ni’s Teachings on Self-cultivation
by Hua-Ching Ni
ISBN 9781570621611
Links:
Cutting Up An Ox about.com
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