Start The Way

[West_end]

Be still like a mountain and flow like a river

 

Tao

"the way", "the path"... It is often represented by water because water always seeks the path of least resistance, yet is strong enough to demolish even stone when no other recourse is available. Everything below flows from this.

 

Make your goal effortless action

avoid unnecessary action or action that is not spontaneous.

 

Treasure simplicity

eliminate whatever is unnecessary and artificial and appreciate the simple and the apparently ordinary.

 

Cultivate stillness

only stillness will clear muddy waters and enable you to see the truth.

 

Be patient

can you remain unmoving until the right action arises?

 

Be gentle

love peace and restraint and avoid all unnecessary violence. "do not regard weapons as lovely things. For to think them lovely means to delight in them, and to delight in them means to delight in the slaughter of men."

 

See beauty

in the mundane and the normal. Apreciate the beauty around you and in yourself.

 

Be true

dedicate your life only to that which you find beautiful or fascinating, and thus be true to yourself.

 

Live in the moment

feel the hand of time sweeping past second by second.

 

Be happy

to conduct one's life according to the Tao, is to conduct one's life without regrets.

 

Be compassionate and honor life

only those who are compassionate and treasure life in all its forms can show true bravery and acquire true wisdom.

 

[Icedbs]

very profound. Thank you.

[West_end]

Read somewhere... being calm and mindful helps one to decipher the text.