December 18-C, 2022

Joseph Campbell said that we live our life
learning to yield to nature,
to put ourselves in accord 
with our original/essential nature,
to live from our heart,
to be who we are at the core of our being.

When the "head" comes into harmony
with the "heart,"
with "the energies that 
are informing the body,"
so that the transcendent
aspects of our life come through
and are realized/expressed/exhibited
in the way we live our life,
as the dancer dances to the music
informing her body,
or the artist paints 
what wants to be painted,
or the musician aligns himself
with the tune playing itself through him,
then we are in sync with the transcendent
aspect of our life,
in accord with the Tao,
at one with the flow of the here/now
and live "transparent to transcendence."

That is the "IT," we seek to experience
in the day-to-day affairs of life
by being more in tune with the heart
than with the head,
seeking alignment,
not striving to force our way
through the day,
but to cooperate with the day,
taking our cues from the moment,
like the dancer, the artist, the musician...

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