The Tao....
Master Lieh Tzu asked gatekeeper Yin if he could explain the following;
"Only the perfect man can walk under water and not drown, can walk on fire and not burn and can pass over a multitude of lives without fear.
How is this possible?"
Gatekeeper Yin replied;
"It is because he preserves his original breath, and this has nothing to do with knowledge, work, persistence,
or bravery."
"Everything has a face, form, sound and color. These are just appearances."
He continued;
"How is it possible that this thing or that thing are separated from each other?"
"Indeed why should each be viewed as the first of all beings?"
"They are just forms and colours and nothing more."
"However everything arises from what is formless, and descends into that which is changeless."
"If we grasp and follow this using it to the full,
nothing can stand in our way!"
"It means being able to reside within limits which have no limit,
be secluded within boundaries which have no beginning,
go to where both the beginning and the end of all life is;
combine essential nature, nourish the original breath, harmonize Virtue and, by following this Path, commune with the origins of life."
"We will guard our unity with Heaven,
and then our spirit will be without fault,
nothing can get inside and attack us."
"We must retreat to the serenity of Heaven and as a result nothing causes us harm."
"We must recognize that everything under Heaven is united."
"It is possible to get rid of the rigors of punishment and execution, of chaos, violence and war."
"This is the Tao."
"We must not cast aside the Heavenly, and ignore the human aspect; only then will people draw closer to the realization of Truth."
This is a Dharma from the writing of Chung Tzu and I thought it appropriate to the situation we both face right now.
With Metta
Nathan
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With love
