November 3rd Week, 2022

There is much to be attuned to.

Living in accord with the Tao,
aligned with the spirit
that blows where it will,
situation by situation,
requires a degree of awareness/mindfulness
that we are not trained to initiate,
much less maintain.

We cannot expect to be so attuned
and aligned
without regular returns
to emptiness,
stillness
and silence.

How much time in a day
do you spend there?

Need I say more?

Without increasing the depth
and frequency of our attentive silence,
we are kidding ourselves
about being attuned to,
aligned and in accord with,
anything of the spirit
and the heart.

This doesn't mean we have to sit zazen
and chant "Om mani pad me hum."

It means we have to be attentive
to what stirs to life in the silence
and speaks to us in our nighttime dreams.

And that means we have to be quiet
and receptive
on a regular basis.

See?

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