TzuJanLi

Greetings.. As i discard more and more 'programming', i am more and more Liberated.. Be well..

Greetings.. Sometimes, usually more than less, Love emerges as 'mind-play'.. my understanding of Love' is 'Listening'.. hear and experience what is happening, still the mind so that prejudices and preferences from past experiences don't disguise the current experience.. let the 'monkey-mind' go, just feel the energies.. then, if the resonance is there, choose the actions that enhance the resonance.. listen!!, the Clarity of a stilled mind reveals the 'Tao' of the moment.. with pure Clarity there is only one choice, accept what 'is', or reject it.. From some of my 'writings'... The two merge as One, a higher being.. each filling the voids in the other's soul, compleatness.. the Universe unfolds more clearly for the higher being, no 'self' but the other.. There is no 'me', only she.. i flow through her and she through me.. No discerning who is who who is me and who is you With love there's no way to tell Is it heaven, or is it hell Love really doesn't care i am she and she is me and WE are everywhere.. Be well.. Be well..

Greetings.. Thank you, Marblehead.. and, if i should return from 'Oneness' before you, we will have interesting discussions! Be well..

Greetings.. Hi Marbelhead: Tzu-Jan = 'spontaneous', it is so because it is so.. Li = 'random order', as in the veins in leaves or the grain in wood.. it is an eccletic reference to 'the way of Nature' in Chinese.. As for a 'creator', yes AND no.. there is a source, as i understand it, name it Tao if you choose.. but, as a singularity, as an undifferentiated Whole, it could only conceive of itself as, "I AM".. after an interval of 'I AMness', the Source asked the Prime question: "What AM I?".. we/us/Life/the Cosmos are the Source answering its own question.. does that imply a creator?.. or, just a natural curiousity? Be well..

Greetings.. Time and time again, i see people misusing terms like, 'Awareness and Non-duality'.. there is wisdom in using the common definition of words for communication.. It is evident from the definition, and from direct experience, that Awareness is the quality of being aware.. there is something that must exist to possess this quality of Awareness.. my experiences suggest that Consciousness is that which directs it quality of Awareness.. Non-duality, is most often used to describe a condition of Unity.. true non-duality renders ALL things nonexistent, including itself.. Duality is the fundamental state of 'ISness', as it requires 'IS-NOTness' as its contrasting principle.. most descreiptions of 'non-duality' merely express the experiencer's favor with one or the other of the contrasting principles, which when experienced in immersion, 'seems' non-dual.. My personal experiences suggest that existence is fundamental and eternal loop of two contrasting principles.. Oneness and Many-ness.. Oneness seeking to experience itself through manifesting itself as many-ness, and.. Many-ness seeking to return to Oneness.. a mutual interdependence. Of course, this all occurs against the backdrop of 'nothingness/Void', but.. the 'Void' as some idealized state of 'Nirvana' is, basically, a conceptual rendering of Nihlism.. the irony of 'nothingness' as some desirable state, is that it requires the conceptualization of the individualized mind and a perspective that contrasts its existence.. Be well..

Greetings.. It seems to me that Lao Tzu (or whomever) used natural 'relationships' to point to the 'process'.. it also seems to me, that we have a tendency to shape the wisdoms expressed by Lao Tzu ito our preferred categories, like: Meditation Tai Chi Qi Gong About spirits Hygiene religion rituals diet Be well..

Greetings.. As i read the various posts in this thread i see a lot of subjective descriptions regarding differing 'desirabilities' people attach to the concept of 'Love', but not so much on the fundamental process that sets-up the Energetic relationship of 'Love'.. Each of us have a 'symphony' of energies that form our unique energetic signatures.. as we are able to identify these energies and their relationships to the 'symphony/signature', we can also sense the relationships between the signatures and the choices we make in our lives.. "Love', as i understand it, is a description of a condition where the energies between two unique manifestations resonates in coherence and culminates in entrainment.. coherence and entrainment results in an excess of energy as the the process requires less energy for the same result.. this excess energy floods the physical system with that 'special feeling' we call 'Love'.. it can happen with a favorite food, i 'love' the taste of a fresh ripe peach.. where the taste sets the energies in a coherent pattern and the excess floods the senses, this familiar and desirable feeling is then associated with the condition we call 'Love'.. two people meet and their energies find resonance, coherence, and occasionally, entrainment.. they feel the 'Love'.. Life, compassion, relationship, will all find energetic relationships where the resonance inspires the feeling of 'Love' as excess energy enegizes the senses and the experiencer expresses their 'Love' for this or that.. Once i became aware of this fundamental process, the subjectivity of describing the qualities of Love began to make sense.. more importantly, i began to notice how intentions and attentions affected my own unique 'symphony/signature'.. i began to sense much more deeply the nuances of relationships, whether with people of the environment as a symbiotic process of existence.. Love became a dynamic activity, an energetic dance as i listend to symphonies merging into a grand Cosmic Orchestra.. Ooops, sorry, i think i'm rambling.. Be well..

Greetings.. As we all know, the Blues are purely inspired by Taoist beliefs, listen and see for yourself: Be well..

Greetings.. I sense much consistency and clarity in this statement.. if you will allow a slightly different perspective (though some will see it differently).. my experiences reveal the "two truths" to be Oneness manifested as many-ness, each defining the other in a relationship we call existence.. Ancient mystics represented this relationship with the Taiji symbol (Yin/Yang).. it is the unnoticed element of this symbol that many disregard, the 'nothingness' which contrasts the relationship.. the weathered stone wall on which someone painted the 'symbol'.. Be well..

Greetings.. Sometimes.. it's just raining on your head... and, if you understand the actual processes, there is magnificent magic in that simple 'appearance'.. Rain is an energetic event in the physical experience, and there are many 'stories' we tell ourselves about it.. Fire is an energetic event in the physical experience, and there are many stories we tell ourselves about it.. fire and rain don't tell each other stories, i sense they are more attuned to Tao than us.. Be well..

Greetings.. Many humble thanks.. i am honored to meet you, and the rest of the 'Bums'.. Be well..

Greetings.. It seems that by 'naming it', we establish a separation where none actually exists.. the condition 'named' enlightenment, is perfectly natural.. and, actually doesn't exist.. but, it does make for lively interaction.. my most consistent understanding of enlightenment closely approximates Wu Wei.. Be well..

Greetings.. Many humble thanks.. i have found simplicity to be a very beneficial virtue.. as for wisdom, i cannot accept recognition, "i stand on the shoulders of giants".. Be well..

Greetings.. My meditation is always focused on one condition, Clarity.. to 'still the mind' is to reveal Clarity.. with Clarity, the processes of the Cosmos (macro and micro) are clear, the rest is a matter of choosing wisely.. If energy needs raising, it will be clear.. the process of raising will be clear, too.. with Clarity, rituals are discarded.. Be well..

Greetings.. I understand 'Wu Wei' to indicate acting without an 'intended result'.. a need is revealed, your 'nature' responds.. and the result 'is what it is'.. intending a result limits potential, trusting your 'nature' (Tao) the appropriate result is manifest.. Be well..

Greetings.. It is my understanding, based on experience and research, that "Love" is a product of energetic resonance.. the study of energy, vibration and frequencies, relative to the unique energetic signatures of people, places, and things reveals much about attraction and rejection.. then, we tend to personalize it with the usual elements of socio-religious programming.. Be well..

Greetings.. Karma is simply a particular culture's perspective of consequences.. consequences are not fixed, they are mitigated by the choices made 'now'.. Karma, as dogma, seems contradictory to Taoist philosophy.. Be well..

Greetings.. I am curious, when the reference is 'meditation', what is the meaning? It is my understanding that meditation is the art of 'stilling the mind'.. by-passing the mental filters that shape our understandings of our experiences according to preference and desirability.. in this state of 'mindfull mindlesness', we can see what 'is', as opposed to what we 'think' is is.. Be well..