Unity
Recently I received an e-mail complaining about our current state of affairs concerning health care reform. The e-mail devolved into a general rant about our government and suggested that if things didn’t go the way they want it, then revolt would be the solution.
While I find politics interesting, I have always felt that less government is ideal. In the Daodejing, it is said:
“If you want to be a great leader, you must learn to follow the Tao. Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts and the world will govern itself. The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be. The more subsidies you have, the less self-reliant people will be.
Therefore, the Master says: I let go of the law and people become honest. I let go of economics and people become prosperous. I let go of religion, and people become serene. I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as grass.”
Although I do not consider myself to be a political activist (mainly because I see politics as it is today to be a symptom of our societal ills, not a solution to it), I am prone from time to time to make comment on the subject. What follows is my response.
Eat Only Food
Foods today are filled with artifical additives, chemicals developed in laboratories to enhance flavor and appearance. Many fruits and vegetables are genetically engineered as well as infused with pesticides and herbicides.
The Three Energies
It has long been considered that we have within us three distinctive types of energy. The first is Shen, which represents our mental energies. It is the sculpting force of our thoughts, our personality and emotions. When shen is high, we are creative, happy, positive. When it is low, we feel mentally exhausted and can succumb to ailments such as depression.
Things that cannot be said.
“A picture’s worth a thousand words.”
“Actions speak louder than words.”
Words are a wonderful thing but their very nature is limited. We can really only say things that have, at some point, already been said. Sure we can write a new book or blog entry or read about a new news event. But the telling of things is never as fully descriptive and wholly enveloping as actual experience.
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