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Fri, Dec 9, 2005 05:12:00 AM
α my ever speaking mind ω
posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 05:12:00 AM
it seems lately that i cannot quiet my mind except for the brief period of meditation i practice in the morning. when people are talking to me or sharing in a meeting i seem to be running my thoughts off in tangents in all directions. and the thoughts are very rarely have anything to do with what is being said.
ARGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
so this morning's reading was good to remind me that i NEED to once again make a concerted effort to listen to what is being said.
my little meltdown last weekend was directly related to people not listening to me, and feeling disrespected because of that behavior. well what comes around goes around i guess. what i have been seeing in others is exactly what i was practicing myself. is it any wonder i got so violently angry and ready to relegate anyone who crossed my path into the after-life?
anyway, i still need to find the time to sit down and explain my point of view. i need to find the time to suggest to those people in my life that they have egg on their face, that may possibly want to wash it off. and most of all i need to find the opportunity to practice how to listen again. after all it is all about me anyway n'est-ce pas? and when i get it i will be able to live in this moment with a bit more peace, a bit more happiness and a whole lot more understanding!
∞ DT ∞
ARGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
so this morning's reading was good to remind me that i NEED to once again make a concerted effort to listen to what is being said.
my little meltdown last weekend was directly related to people not listening to me, and feeling disrespected because of that behavior. well what comes around goes around i guess. what i have been seeing in others is exactly what i was practicing myself. is it any wonder i got so violently angry and ready to relegate anyone who crossed my path into the after-life?
anyway, i still need to find the time to sit down and explain my point of view. i need to find the time to suggest to those people in my life that they have egg on their face, that may possibly want to wash it off. and most of all i need to find the opportunity to practice how to listen again. after all it is all about me anyway n'est-ce pas? and when i get it i will be able to live in this moment with a bit more peace, a bit more happiness and a whole lot more understanding!
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
1) Who knows his manhood's strength,
Yet still his female feebleness maintains;
As to one channel flow the many drains,
All come to him, yea, all beneath the sky.
Thus he the constant excellence retains;
The simple child again, free from all stains.
Who knows how white attracts,
Yet always keeps himself within black's shade,
The pattern of humility displayed,
Displayed in view of all beneath the sky;
He in the unchanging excellence arrayed,
Endless return to man's first state has made.
Who knows how glory shines,
Yet loves disgrace, nor e'er for it is pale;
Behold his presence in a spacious vale,
To which men come from all beneath the sky.
The unchanging excellence completes its tale;
The simple infant man in him we hail.