stan herman Posted June 10, 2011 Two questions: 1 How has your reading of the Tao affected your thinking about life? 2 How has your reading of the Tao affected what you do in life? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manitou Posted June 10, 2011 Two questions: 1 How has your reading of the Tao affected your thinking about life? 2 How has your reading of the Tao affected what you do in life? 1. The reading of the Dao over a period of 20 years became the synthesis and the template for the type of person I want to be. 2. I just Love. And let life come to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strawdog65 Posted June 10, 2011 Two questions: 1 How has your reading of the Tao affected your thinking about life? 2 How has your reading of the Tao affected what you do in life? Hi there stan! 1. The reading of the Tao Te Ching has opened my mind like the petals of a flower. It has brought to me an everyday awareness of the connectedness of the world and how our choices/decisions create the world around us. It has opened my mind to the idea of there being nothing truly "good" or "bad", just different outcomes, different choices, different repercussions, flowing like water amongst either the rocks of a stream or the smooth sand banks of the river of life. Life moves on, ever changing, ever adapting to the container of this life...which is the Way. 2. How the Tao has affected what I now do with my life is humbling. With just the merest inkling of knowing this is a life of ever more connectedness, moments like pearls strung on a string stretching to infinity, it changes everything. The Tao is ever present and ever accepting of all, it is the taking responsibility of our lives, our choices and seeing that we matter, we have a measurable effect on all those within our sphere of influence, and that influence is like the ripple in the pond, interacting with all the other ripples. Nothing is separate...least of all, us. Thanks for posting such a great, mind expanding, set of questions. Peace! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stan herman Posted June 13, 2011 Hi there stan! 1. The reading of the Tao Te Ching has opened my mind like the petals of a flower. It has brought to me an everyday awareness of the connectedness of the world and how our choices/decisions create the world around us. It has opened my mind to the idea of there being nothing truly "good" or "bad", just different outcomes, different choices, different repercussions, flowing like water amongst either the rocks of a stream or the smooth sand banks of the river of life. Life moves on, ever changing, ever adapting to the container of this life...which is the Way. 2. How the Tao has affected what I now do with my life is humbling. With just the merest inkling of knowing this is a life of ever more connectedness, moments like pearls strung on a string stretching to infinity, it changes everything. The Tao is ever present and ever accepting of all, it is the taking responsibility of our lives, our choices and seeing that we matter, we have a measurable effect on all those within our sphere of influence, and that influence is like the ripple in the pond, interacting with all the other ripples. Nothing is separate...least of all, us. Thanks for posting such a great, mind expanding, set of questions. Peace! nicely said, Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
