Al
Reminding myself of my change is a daily thing. It is not as easy to keep the affected change – especially positive – without practice moment by moment. The same challenges that you had before the change are still there. Having accountability, whether it is a coach or a friend that you talk to multiple times during the week is helpful. Most importantly, being totally honest with yourself and whomever you have decided to be accountable to will be the most valuable thing you can to do. Read more…
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2.
If something is beautiful, something else must be ugly.
Near - Far (courtesy of Ben Joossen via stock.xchng)
If something is good, something else must be bad.
You can’t have something without nothing.
If no task is difficult, then no task is easy.
Things are up high because other things are down low.
You know when you’re listening to music because you
don’t hear noise.
And something else came first, so this must be next.
The Masters get the job done without moving a muscle
and signify without saying a word.
When things around them fall apart, they stay cool.
They don’t own much, but they use whatever’s at hand.
They do the work without expecting any favors.
When the job is finished, they move on to the next job.
That’s why their work is so damn good.1
Everything is relative. I am of the opinion that cabbage is very good to eat, yet I don’t care for brussel sprouts. Others are of the opinion of the opposite. There is music out there that grates my eardrums like fingernails raking a chalkboard. But again, that same style or genre of music is loved by others. But everything is balanced and complete. Thus, as Sanderson Beck translates passage 2 of Part 1 of the Tao Te Ching 2, “the wise manage affairs without interfering and teach beyond the words.” Ron Hogan says that “masters get the job done without moving a muscle and signifying 3 with out saying a word.” I take both to mean that a person of wisdom does not need to get wrapped up in the details to come to a knowledge of, and live, the truth and it is not necessary for me to need to point out/preach rights or wrongs. Nor do I need to show anyone the “error of their ways.” All that is needed is to just rest in the truth.
Knowing, and living, this truth- the Universe will take care of me – lets me be free of worrying, and the need to know, whether or not anyone else knows that I am right or wise. The truth gives all that I need and I don’t have to desire more than I need. By knowing and living in the truth I am free from falling into petty arguments, the negative traps of others, or anything that would serve to keep me from being free.
“Everything is everything because It’s all good; It is what It is!” – Al Flemming
Try it…you’ll see!
Al
1. http://www.terebess.hu/english/tao/ron.html#Kap02
2. http://www.terebess.hu/english/tao/beck.html#Kap02
3. signifying – http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/signifying
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I have to say, the past week has been a learning cycle for me. I got to a point where I was not sure of which direction to go on this life journey. I had some awesome things happen – starting a job that get’s me closer to my goal of learning the ropes of being an educator, my birthday was yesterday, and I got to help one of my nephews out in a major way – at the same time though, I was getting antsy and feeling a little “clouded” and “muddled” spiritually. It was really weird. So I started doing some soul searching and talking to my partner who encouraged me to give my counselor a call.
I did talk to my counselor. I found that a major part of my issue was expectations. I am one of those “multi-talented/jack-of-all-trades” kind of people. I can do so much, and can have a difficult time doing/focusing on one or two things at a time because I can easily become distracted and/or bored with what I am doing at the current time. Also, my expectations on the outcome of my goals can get extremely grandiose. This is not a negative if I leave the grandiosity in my visualizations. The issues come when I carry those grandiose expectations into the present and use them as a measurement tool for where I am currently. So, I was encouraged, by my counselor, to whittle down my current goals to 1 or 2, and let the others “live on their own,” so to speak. Basically, let them breath and not try to help them along in their growth and only focus on them as time or necessity permits. Read more…
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