November 19, 2023 – A

Putting ourselves "in accord with the Tao"
and "living aligned with the Tao,"
are synonymous with "trusting ourselves to our destiny,"
stepping onto the path
and walking confidently into our future,
allowing it to do whatever it needs to do
to be what it is.

Spoiler alert: Our destiny
is to be who we are,
how we are,
where we are,
when we are,
here and now forever
no matter what--
doing what needs to be done,
when, 
where,
and how it needs to be done
here and now forever
as only we can do it.

Being who we are,
doing what needs to be done,
what needs us to do it,
here and now forever
is all there is to it.

Get that down and we have it made.

The only difficulties involved
with getting it down and having it made
are noise, complexity, drama and trauma--
which are offset by,
disappeared by,
the right kind of emptiness, stillness and silence
on a regular and recurring basis.

This is the story of Jesus
and of all those who knew what was what
and what was called for in response to it
and did it as it needed to be done,
when,
where,
how it needed to be done
for the joy of doing it
and the satisfaction of doing it
no matter what what forever.

This is our story,
our destiny,
waiting for us to step into it
and live it out,
day by day,
in each situation as it arises,
through all of the circumstances,
times and places 
we have to work with,
all our life long,
beginning right here,
right now.

Got it?
Do it!
It is your destiny!
And mine!

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