On Dec 22, 2007, at 8:54 PM, Dan Glover wrote: > Thank you for writing. I find that my intellectual prowness is > rather dull and rough, not discerning and brilliant like others > here. But I do enjoy the company. While I have attended a number of > retreats my practice is and always has been a solitary pursuit so I > am hesitant to share. Still, you did ask and since it seems better > to answer than not... > > My practice leads me to believe that there is no Way as such. There > is only change. Change is frightening though. It is more comforting > to think there are precepts and/or scriptures to follow that will > ultimately lead to a life of happiness and fullfillment. Or if not > to a life of happiness then at least to an afterlife of pleasure. > > In a futile search we scour books and look for teachers to show us > the Way. We forget the mindfulness of experience and fill our days > with meaningless thought and internal discursive dialogue that > repeats itself over and over like a bad song we have stuck in our > heads. > > We all feel a need to be in control. Our days are planned down to > the minute. We are creatures of habit. All about us we weave > intricate webs of relationships and thought that hold us in place. > The harmony of the Way is not founded on a foundation of complex > habital relationships and action, however. The Way is simple. > > For me, the Way is found in the freedom of drift. The Way is found > not through action but inaction. For me, the Way has no goal, no > clear and defined ending point. My practice has shown me that the > Way is eternal, with no beginning and no end. The Way is like > finding myself in the middle of a fog, not knowing what will > happen, only that it will happen. For you it might be different. I > cannot be certain. > > I sit and walk in silence and the universe reveals itself to me. I > know that like the seasons every person that I know and love will > one day pass away so I smile, lighten my heart, and enjoy our > scarce time together. I hope this answers your question.
Dear Dan, What an eloquent and poignant description of Tao indeed! I salute you, fellow Taoist! Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
