Being and non-being create each other...

"When people see some things as beautiful,
other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good,
other things become bad.

Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy support each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low depend on each other.
Before and after follow each other.

Therefore the Master
acts without doing anything
and teaches without saying anything.
Things arise and he lets them come;
things disappear and he lets them go.
He has but doesn't possess,
acts but doesn't expect.
When his work is done, he forgets it.
That is why it lasts forever."

~ Lao Tzu: 

Tao Te Ching chapter 2

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  (and because a girl needs to pay her bills... :) )

Meditation Cushion. Zafu. Floor Pillow. Driftwood Coral.

 

be silent - find your ground again...

Olivier Du Tre - photography

"Bustling about may seem helpful,

But stillness is the way of the Tao.

Filling the air with words may seem effective,

But silence is the way of the Tao.

We are taught to be busy,
And it is difficult to be still.
Most people choose a way of effort
And keep themselves unconscious
Of the true nature of things.

Mindful actions

And a few words, gently spoken:

This is the movement of the Tao."

~William and Nancy Martin, 

The Caregiver's Tao Te Ching

how IS the master?

"Therefore the Master
acts without doing anything
and teaches without saying anything.
Things arise and she lets them come;
things disappear and she lets them go.
She has but doesn't possess,
acts but doesn't expect.
When her work is done, she forgets it.
That is why it lasts forever."

~Tao Te Ching 

 

cat-figurine-abstract-watercolor

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realize nothing is lacking...

"Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you."

Tao Te Ching verse 44

Siesta Key Beach in Sarasota, Fla.