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Posted: Sun, Jul 3, 2005 08:17:47 AM

being consistent in setting aside quiet time for conscious contact with god has never been a problem for me. i have been praying everyday since i was about ten days clean and meditating every morning for almost two years, my problem stems from my perception of not doing it right. it always seem that i cannot be quiet enough, nor make the quiet time long enough and i get frustrated and beat myself up for not doing it better.
so for me the reading this morning was not about starting something but rather about working on improving what i already have in place. i can whine about quality, get frustrated and quit or i can work with what i have already started and be content in my daily exercise. practicing setting aside enough time and letting go of an artificial standard of ‘goodness’. so just for today i will strive to improve my conscious contact through the process i already have in place.
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Tao Te Ching

☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯

The Tao Teh King, or The Tao and Its Characteristics
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge

Book 2

3) Therefore a sage has said, 'I will do nothing (of purpose), and
the people will be transformed of themselves; I will be fond of keeping
still, and the people will of themselves become correct. I will take
no trouble about it, and the people will of themselves become rich;
I will manifest no ambition, and the people will of themselves attain
to the primitive simplicity.'