Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Reflections on the flow

How does life flow so gracefully and move so effortlessly?
How does grass grow, even through cracks? How do rivers cut across the earth, finding their way through crevices?
How does the heart beat, blood flow through our veins, our body.. how do organs cooperate and work in perfect synch?
Just like nature, let go... ease your struggles and trust.
Intelligence, far more intelligent than this mind guides the universe. In Hinduism, it is said that we are not the "doers".
This is what Jesus meant when he said: “The Father, that dwelleth in me, He doeth the works.” Performing the right action, to the best of one's ability, and then surrendering to the source. This is not giving up, but the ultimate trust that source will deliver what is best for you.

Verse 29 from the TAO TE CHING:

"Some think they can control what goes on.
I don't think anyone can.
The flow is sacred, digests
all volition: observe it
perturb it, try to hold it
lose it.

So sometimes ahead and sometimes behind,
sometimes hot and sometimes cold,
sometimes strong and sometimes weak,
sometimes on top of it, sometimes under.

So don't strain, spend too much, be smug."

2 comments:

  1. To taste the unnameable in your mouth, to breathe the unknowable, to feel the mystery with ones heart is a sanctuary. Thank you for the reminder.

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