October 23, 2025

We are back to where the old Taoists were with Lao Tzu and the Tao Te Ching in the neighborhood of 600 years BCE, with living to be in sync with, aligned with, in accord with the movement, the rhythm and flow, of life and being.

The fundamental/foundational recognition/understanding is that there is a right way and a wrong way, a good way and a bad way, to do everything. Where we, as a species, get off track is by thinking "right and wrong," "good and bad," have to do exclusively and especially with OUR good and Our bad, Our wants and Our want-nots, Our advantage and Our disadvantage, Our profit/benefit/gain and Our loss, deficit, dismay... We look at everything in terms of its impact upon us and our desires.

This has been our problem from the beginning. The story of the Garden of Eden addressed the matter of corrupt wanting/caring being the source of all out difficulties. It has been so and remains so throughout time--but it has nothing to do with Original Sin and our need for Redemption, Atonement, Salvation, and everything to do with our need to wake up, grow up, and align ourselves with the Tao, the rhythm and flow of doing what is called for here, now. With doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right place, in the right way no matter what that means for us personally, with our gain or loss being of no importance whatsoever in doing what needs to be done in each situation as it arises for the sake of doing what is called for here, now alone in mind, time after time, without keeping score or wondering, even, when it is going to be our turn.

Look around and take stock. Everything is as it is because of improper wanting, caring, striving, seeking, to get our way in each situation as it arises no matter what. Call it "The Oh-No!"

So we have the Tao and the Oh-No existing together throughout time like Yin and Yang. Making a mess of everything. Destroying any hope of rhythm and flow. Keeping war and rumors of war foremost in each generation with everyone striving to have their way at the expense of everyone else's way.

And in each generation the background call to all people is to align themselves with the good of the here, now, doing what is called for here, now, regardless of its implications for each of us personally throughout the lifetimes of every person in every generation. Everyone doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right way, in the right place always and forever. Living aligned with the Tao all of the time everywhere. The fantasy at the heart of life and being.