May 09, 2022

01

Perspective for me is one of the deep mysteries
of personality.
We have depths we cannot probe.
Things are always rising up
to surprise, shock and confound us.
Dreams befuddle us.
Instant reactions to events
catch us off-guard.

Why we see things as we do,
why we think what we think is important,
why we think what we think,
what disposes us to be the way we are,
how different can we be,
if we were living at the optimal level
we are capable of,
what would be different about us...

The questions tumble over each other
trying to get out.

The answers are hidden within a swirling mist
behind a thick cloud of black smoke,
within a cave of total darkness.

"Darkness within darkness,
the gateway to mystery,"
says the Tao Te Ching
about the Tao,
and the Tao has nothing on us!

We will be eternity 
getting to the bottom of us.

I look forward to the rest of the trip!

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02

Laziness is the original sin.
Laziness is original with the species.
Lethargy keeps us in the caves
no matter how many high rises we build.

It is easier to go to war
than to work out our differences
when that means growing up.

We will not grow up.
That's asking too much.
As the woman said about wearing a mask
and maintaining social distancing
in the early stages of the pandemic.

Exactly.
It's asking too much 
to expect us to grow up
and be responsible for ourselves
and our life.

It is asking too much
to expect us to grow up
and become proficient at analyzing 
each situation as it arises,
know what's what
and what needs to be done about it
and do what needs to be done,
when, where and how it needs to be done,
and do the same thing in response
to the reaction to what we do
about what needs to be done, etc.
throughout every situation that arises
in our entire life time,
no matter what,
for no reason
other than it needs to be done,
for the joy of doing it
and the satisfaction of having done it.

We have better things to do.
Agendas to serve.
Opinion to serve.
Plans and ideas to serve.

Besides, it's too much trouble.

Come up with the fix for laziness
and you transform the world,
except for the likelihood
that applying the fix
would be too much trouble.

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03

Our place is to live in ways
that allow our original nature
and the virtues that came with us at birth--
our Te Power, our Virtue Power--
in doing what needs to be done
in each situation as it arises,
without an agenda
or an opinion,
no matter what.

Doing what needs to be done,
when, where and how it needs to be done,
using the gifts that are ours 
to serve and to share,
is to live aligned with 
balance and harmony, 
sincerity and integrity,
spirit, life and vitality,
in accord with the Tao
and aligned with 
that which is deepest, best and truest
about us.

And nobody can do better than that!
Not No Body, Not No How!

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