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Key Word(s) : TAO
1. in Taoist philosophy, the ultimate reality in which all things are located or happen
2. Tao or tao the universal energy that makes and maintains everything that exists
3. the order and wisdom of individual life, and the way that this harmonizes with the universe as a whole
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FROM WITHIN MY SPIRIT
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Good Morning SOURCE, I commit myself totally to YOUR Divine Will. I do this to offer thanksgiving to YOU for YOUR never ending Love and Blessings.
Good Morning My Beloved Family! Much Love and Light to you on this Auspicious Day of Creation. This morning I am sharing with you three translations of the first verse of the Tao Te Ching. As you will see there are small differences in them, but basically they are saying the same thing. That is how it is with you and I and just about everything that we do. It happens that way because we are individuals with different life experiences, different ways of doing the same thing and interpreting the same thing. Because of that, we tend to see things from different perspectives. Nevertheless, seeing things differently does not make what we see a misinterpretation. Different things stand out to us as they do because our focus is molded by our different life experiences.
A difference in expression does not nullify the accuracy and authenticity of our experience and expression. Some are more pin pointed in some of their views and that shows up in their expression. Others have a broader view, and because of that, they see, focus on, and have a broader expression. However, in the end they all come to see and understand the one and only Divine Truth, and that is all that matters. How they get to their final destination is not as important as getting there. Entering into Divine Understanding and getting to the Divine Destination is the ultimate goal. I pray that you open up and receive the nuggets of wisdom that the words of the Tao Te Ching has to offer us, because it is offering us Divine Universal Truth. That Divine Universal Truth is meant for and being offered to everyone. Please open up to the words in the Tao Te Ching and meditate on them, and receive the Divine Understanding that awaits you.
Divine Knowledge Is Power!
Baba-Kundi Ma'at-Shambhala
(SpiritWalker)
Copyright © Oct. 2006
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TAO TE CHING
1: The Embodiment of Tao
Even the finest teaching is not the Tao itself.
Even the finest name is insufficient to define it.
Without words, the Tao can be experienced,
and without a name, it can be known.
To conduct one's life according to the Tao,
is to conduct one's life without regrets;
to realize that potential within oneself
which is of benefit to all.
Though words or names are not required
to live one's life this way,
to describe it, words and names are used,
that we might better clarify
the way of which we speak,
without confusing it with other ways
in which an individual might choose to live.
Through knowledge, intellectual thought and words,
the manifestations of the Tao are known,
but without such intellectual intent
we might experience the Tao itself.
Both knowledge and experience are real,
but reality has many forms,
which seem to cause complexity.
By using the means appropriate,
we extend ourselves beyond
the barriers of such complexity,
and so experience the Tao.
Translated by Stan Rosenthal
1: Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth.
The named is the mother of ten thousand things.
Ever desireless, one can see the mystery.
Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations.
These two spring from the same source but differ in name;
this appears as darkness.
Darkness within darkness.
The gate to all mystery.
Translated by Gia-fu Feng and Jane English
1: There are ways but the Way is uncharted ...
There are ways but the Way is uncharted;
There are names but not nature in words:
Nameless indeed is the source of creation
But things have a mother and she has a name.
The secret waits for the insight
Of eyes unclouded by longing;
Those who are bound by desire
See only the outward container.
These two come paired but distinct
By there names.
Of all things profound,
Say that their pairing is deepest,
The gate to the root of the world.
Translated by Raymond B. Blakney
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One Love, Unconditional!
Baba-Kundi Ma'at-Shambhala
(SpiritWalker)
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AFFIRMATION
I Respect and Honor
The Whole of Creation In It’s Many Forms.
Baba-Kundi Ma'at-Shambhala
(SpiritWalker)
Copyright © Oct. 2006
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"ONE LOVE!"
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