July 24, 2024 – B

Liberty/freedom/liberation are over-rated.
Balance and harmony are under-appreciated.
What can we do with our choices?
In light of what--toward what--do we live?
What are we doing with our life?
What guides our boat on its path through the sea?
What do we have to work with?
What are we here to do?
What brings you joy?

Assume with me 
that we are here to serve our original nature,
our innate virtues
(The things we do best and enjoy/love doing most),
and our intrinsic intuition
(That which keeps us on track, on the beam,
at one with ourselves and our life),
while maintaining our balance and harmony,
peace and joy.

We are born with all we need
to find what we need
to do what needs to be done--
when/where/how it needs to be done--
in each situation as it arises
all our life long.

We have to let greed, fear, loathing, duty go,
and embrace the right kind of 
emptiness, stillness and silence,
waiting for the mud to settle
and the water to clear,
in order to see/sense/serve the way
that arises spontaneously to call us to action
upon the field of action
in doing what needs us to do it here, now
in light of all of the above,
in each situation as it arises.

We do this with no plan,
no agenda,
no strategy, 
no tactics,
no goal,
no expectations,
no ideas,
no will,
no purpose,
to have/impose/force/apply.

We wait to see what is called for
and how we might best use
the tools/skills we have to offer
in doing what needs us to do it,
honoring all that needs to be honored,
and let that be that,
moment by moment,
time after time.