Do you have the patience to waittill your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmovingtill the right action arises by itself? The Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. Not seeking, not expecting,she is present, and can welcome all things. Tao te Ching When my daughter was conceived, I remember sitting in the bathroom […]
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Journal from the Edge of Survival: In Which We Worry
Stop thinking, and end your problems. What difference between yes and no? Tao te Ching Charlie is a manochondriac. You know the type. They get a mild cold and they take to their beds and lament the fact that their mother isn’t there to spoon feed them warm, home-made chicken soup and spread Vicks […]
Day 11: Journal from the Edge of Survival (COVID-19 Shelter-in-place Diary)
We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. Tao te Ching Yesterday we ventured out of the house, INTO the heart of the zombie apocalypse. While traffic was definitely thinner than usual, I was surprised not to see the empty streets I expected, replete […]
Day 10: Journal from the Edge of Survival (COVID-19 Shelter-in-place Diary)
The Master stays behind; that is why she is ahead. She is detached from all things; that is why she is one with them. Because she has let go of herself, she is perfectly fulfilled. Tao te Ching Charlie went missing today. Obviously not TOO missing. There are only so many places he can […]
Up the Tao Staircase 