Number thirty-four

Today the corresponding Tao Te Ching reading is #34:
The Great Tao flows everywhere, both to the left and to the right.
The ten thousand things depend upon it, it holds nothing back.
It fulfills its purpose silently and makes no claim.
It nourishes the ten thousand things,
And yet is not their lord.
It has no aim; it is very [...]

“Little progress can be made…”

“Little progress can be
made by merely attempting
to repress what is evil;
our great hope lies in
developing what is good.”

– Calvin Coolidge

Sometimes you don’t see it

I was in Reno a couple of weeks ago. While up on the roof terrace of the Reno Art Museum, I saw this incredible cloud. The shape and texture of it was like nothing I had ever seen before in a cloud. I took a bunch of photos of it.  
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Later I looked though the earlier [...]

Stroke of Insight - please watch this

This video relates one of the most moving and uplifting experiences I have ever heard. It is a must see. What Jill Bolte Taylor discovers is something that must be shared with the world.
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a [...]

“Live from your heart…”

Teabags are so informative. Yesterday my lemon ginger teabag tag said “Live from your heart, you will be most effective.”
This teabag fortune was right on, especially after taking a 2 weekend class with Pat Allen, a well known art therapist. Having a clear enough heart to “live from” is important. I spent much of my time in the [...]

“Apathy can be overcome…”

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can be aroused
by two things: first, an idea which takes the imagination by storm;
and second, a definite, intelligible plan for carrying that idea into
action.” — Arnold Toynbee (1889-1975)
Sometimes I feel frozen. This advice is helpful for today! I am balancing a new way, which makes room for [...]

“A childlike man is not a man…

“A childlike man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on
the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of
continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves
in the cocoon of middle aged habit and convention.”– Aldous Huxley
I had a reaction to this quote when I first read it. [...]

“Face your deficiencies and…”

“Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them;
but do not let them master you.
Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.”

– Helen Keller (1880-196 American Writer

“all of life is…”

“All of life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I recently was speaking with a young woman in her twenties about her life. She was so bright and enthusiastic and full of energy. The one thing that was bothering her though, was that she could not decide what to [...]

Find yourself today

Why is it that when we are the most confused or unhappy we fill up our time with things to do? Sometimes I do this so I do not have to face whatever it is that is the issue. I find it most helpful to stop and do nothing - maybe write and [...]