Dear God
Prayer
keeps me
strong and centered
Namaste – Oyashikiri
Archive for the ‘Tao’ Category
taken from Chinese verses by Sengtsan, Translation from Chinese by Richard B. Clarke
The Great Way – TAO – is not difficult,
for those who have no preferences.
When love and hate are both absent
everything becomes clear and undisguised.
Make the smallest distinction, however,
and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart.
If you wish to ee the truth
then hold no opinions for or against
The struggle for what one likes and what
on dislikes, is the disease of the mind
When the deep meaning of things is not understood
the mind’s essential peace is disturbed to no avail
The Way is perfect like vast space
where nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess.
Indeed, it is due to our choosing to accept or reject
that we do not see the true nature of things.
Live neither in the entanglements of outer things, or the in inner feelings of emptiness.
Be serene (without striving activity) in the oneness of things and such erroneous views will disappear by themselves.
When you try to stop activity to achieve passivity your very effort fills you with activity.
As long as you remain in one extreme or the other. You will never know Oneness.
Taken from the Verses on the Unfaiing Source of Life On the Faith-Mind by Sengtsan
Namaste – Oyashikiri
goedemorgen, buenos dias, bonjour
When all the world is quiet around you
When only the sound of nature us there to soothe you
do you hear my voice at all
seeing the roots exposed, then leading back down unto the ground
do you wonder at how that tree stands so tall
I am, here you know
in every blade of grass,
in every branch that reaches for the sky
in every crystal grain of sand
You need only look around you, to see me
all around, and yes, that bird calling
and the chattering of the squirrels, those are all my sounds
for I am the world around you
and you my child are mine too
now forever and always.
Namaste – Oyashikiri
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my prayer
Sometimes when the road ahead seems unsure,there is nothing to do but to pray, Trust in the Universe to guide you on what you need to do. There is a difference between closing our eyes to what should be done, and trying everything else we can do, so that we can escape the road that should and must be taken. AND, simply not knowing how or what to do because you are overwhelmed with the present, and find you cannot make a decision.
No one is spared that inner voice that comes to us in the night, or during the day and whispers words that cause us doubt, and lead us to worry.
We have the voice of reason, and the voice of doubt, AND, yes there is an AND, we have our connection to the Universe that is the strongest of all, and the ONE that is pure and true. It is not part of the mind, but of your heart/soul/spirit.
My prayer is that God/Universe will always see me through, not when I want it to happen, but when the time is right, I will know what to do.
Namaste – Oyashikiri
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