Today’s Tao: Emptiness

The Gentlest thing in the world
will override the strongest.
Emptiness pervades everything
though it has no substance.
By this I understand the value of non-action.
To teach without words and
to be useful without action:
Few among us are capable of this.
All life is filled with the emptiness and the gentleness of Tao. With great care all things are sustained, nourished, [...]

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Today’s Tao: Humilitiy 9/23/08

Mighty Tao is all-pervading.
It is simultaneously on this side
and on that.
All living things come from it,
and all are in its care.
It works, it finishes,
and knows not the name of merit.
In love it nurtures all things,
and claims no excellence therein.
It knows neither ambition nor desire.
It can be classed with the jumblest of all things,
for all things [...]

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Out of Time for Tao and Daily Dose

I took too long. Ran out of time before I could draw the Tao or tie together all the pieces with a daily dose. Nonetheless, I do feel I got exactly what I needed from the Tarot, Fairy Oracles, and Animal Medicine Cards.  They were all right on target, especially in relation this morning and [...]

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Today’s Tao: Preventing a Fall – 9/19/08

P R E V E N T I N G     A      F A L L
Honor and Shame
are the same as fear.
Fortune and disaster
are the same for all.
What is said of honor and shame is this:
Whether absent or present,
they are inseparable from the fear
that they give rise to.
What is said of fortune and disaster is this:
They [...]

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Today’s Tao: Creativity – 9/18/08

Well, I certainly can see the theme for this morning!!

C R E A T I V I T Y

Tao gave birth to the One,
the One gave birth to the Two,
and the Two gave birth to the Three.
From the Three all things have spring.
All things are borne out of the feminine
having been seeded by the masculine.
What [...]

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Today’s Tao Card: Like a Child – September 17, 2008

I am singular in my trustfulness,
I am devoid of ambition,
I am as inncent as a babe.
I am a waif, a stray, a child without a home.
All others have an excess of things,
and I am as one abandoned.
How foolish and simple I am!
I am bewildered.
Everyone sparkles with intelligence;
I am alone in my obscurity.
I am tossed about [...]

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New!!: Today’s Tao: Adaptability – September 16, 2008

This may be new to you, but it isn’t new to me.  In fact, it used to be a part of my morning meditations (Daily Dose), but then I got away from it for some reason that isn’t yet clear to me.
The Tao Box is a book/card set based on the principles of Taoism.  This [...]

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