A Package Marked Human

He who stands on tiptoes

doesn't stand firm.

He who rushes ahead

doesn't go far.

He who tries to shine

dims his own light.

He who defines himself

can't know who he really is.

He who has power over others

can't empower himself.

He who clings to his work

will create nothing that endures.

Lao-tzu the author of the Tao Te Ching or The Way was born in China over 2500 years ago. His name is translated as the Ancient Boy, and he wrote one book that describes the art of living. It is a lesson in doing without doing; releasing myself into the deed itself so nothing becomes everything; like an athlete who enters a state of body awareness where the right stroke or the right movement happens by itself effortless. Without any interference of my conscious will I enter a state of non-effort, where the game plays the game or the poem writes the poem and the dancer and the dance are blended in unity. This is the way of the Tao.

By releasing and forgiving my thoughts of fear, anger, judgments and separation I learn to be compassionate and appreciative. I feel the harmony that nature expresses and I become one with it. The more I let go of what I think I love, the more present love becomes and I begin to live my truth. I move from duality into a reality of love where all things have a message for me. There is no sin or evil to resist for it becomes a state of opaqueness, a state of self-absorption, which is in disharmony with the universal process. In the reality of love I clear my dirty windows of thought so that the light of wholeness shines in its splendor. My compassion becomes a tool for healing and I use it on my self in order to give it to others.

Lao-tzu understood that softness not rigidity was the tool needed to live in my changing world. Blending with the elements I am no longer a subject or an object; I am a whole part of the whole of nothing, which is the essence of everything.

Traveling on my journey of remembering I can stand firmly on the ground and walk slowly in the pure light of awareness. I am able to empower myself and unite with my fellow travelers. I can work but enjoy the playfulness of the deed and be at peace with my self. Control is a self-help tool I use to calm my old friend the ego. Appreciation and giving are the tools that bring me joy and growth. Abundance surrounds me and I sit in a seat of nothingness, with all that I am.

The Ancient Boy is within me. Doing without doing is not only the expression of love; it is love itself. My energy is connected to the source of all energy and I am both the fuel and the flame.

Changing constantly my ego discovers other aspects of itself. I float in the stream of consciousness that carries me through stages of awareness and begin to accept what already is and experience it in my now. Now is the shape of my thoughts and my nothingness wrapped in a package marked human.