Walking With Laozi: Chapter 2

December 30, 2009 · Posted in Essays · Comment

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The better part of the day had been spent walking in silence, which gave me time to think. Then I would remember that I think too much and I would try to walk without thinking of anything. This led to me thinking about keeping my mind empty and that wasn’t working at all. However it did serve to distract me from the sights along the road as I passed by them. I began to think that the more I tried to get the point, the more I was missing it.

Tags: beauty, daodejing, good evil, Tao, ugliness, wu wei

Walking With Laozi: Chapter 1

December 29, 2009 · Posted in Essays · Comment

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Introduction: This is the first installment in a series inspired by my understanding of the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching). I don’t have the ability to read the original text in its original language, but I have 25+ different translations as well as having read books that do go into character by character discussions.

I am certainly not the first person to write a series based on their perceptions of this Taoist text, nor do I claim my insights to be radically different than any that have occurred before me. My goal is to simply share the wisdom I have found here and present it in a manner that is enjoyable to read.

Tags: daodejing, Laozi, Tao

Identity

December 23, 2007 · Posted in Essays · Comment

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Some thoughts on who we are…

Tags: body, cells, dying, happiness, Identity, illusion, living, love, self, strength

Complexity

December 23, 2007 · Posted in Essays · Comment

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There is an old saying, “Go with the flow…”

Tags: complexity, conflict, connections, energy, life, love, simple

Time

December 23, 2007 · Posted in Essays · Comment

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“Time is on our side. Time is against us. I’m just killing time.”

Time is a measurement of Existence.
There is no past. There are only memories.
There is no future. There are only expectations.
The only true moment of existence is Now.
Realize that your memories are influenced by both the Now and your expectations.
Realize that your expectations are influenced by both the Now and your memories.
Realize that the Now is influenced by both your memories and your expectations.
The Now is all existence. This encompasses all memories and all expectations.
Time is not a constant. Existence is not a constant.
The meaning and properties of Time are relative to the properties of the Existence it measures.
Existence cannot be wasted. It is infinite.
Time cannot be wasted. It is infinite.