Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 11:36 PM EST ["Quotes"]
...in my opinion! The Tao and it's wisdom have always made perfect
sense to me. Sometimes the circumstances in my life cloud the message
and it's daily execution (I'm no monk!) but it's very close to the
surface most all the time.
'When people see some things as beautiful,
other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
Being and non-being create each other. Difficult and easy support each other. Long and short define each other. High and low depend on each other. Before and after follow each other.
Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go. She has but doesn't possess, acts but doesn't expect. When her work is done, she forgets it. That is why it lasts forever.' ~Lao-tzu
Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt... Release the fear... Refuse to entertain your old pain...
The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life.
What is it you would let go of today? ~Mary Manin Morrissey
The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept is continual awareness. The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything. The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways. The greatest magic is transmuting the passions. The greatest generosity is non-attachment. The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. The greatest patience is humility. The greatest effort is not concerned with results. The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances. ~Atisha
