Posessed

Possessions own you.

 

Nothing is black and white,
Everything is gray.

Polarity of mind is a very dangerous thing, as all things in life are in a spectrum- very few things exist in the extreme ends. 

Living life with a polar mind is like walking around with blinders on, you will not be able to see what is just outside of your very small window.

"you can't place blame, because blame is far too messy."
                                            -Ani DiFranco

Which is superior, 
The grass or the mower?
-EB

Is the natural beauty of the grass with its graceful biology superior, or is the machinery of the mower better because it can chop the grass down?

Lieh Tzu pt7

Teachings of the TAO


From Lieh Tzu pt7


Some people think they can find satisfaction in good food, fine clothes, lively music, and sexual pleasure. however, when they have all these things, they are not satisfied. they realize that happiness is not simply having their material needs met. Thus, society has set up a system of rewards that go beyond material goods. these include titles, social recognition, status, and political power all wrapped up in a package called self fulfillment. Attracted by these prizes and goaded on by social pressure, people spend their short lives tiring body and mind to chase after these goals.


Perhaps this gives them the feeling that they have accomplished something in their lives, but in reality they have sacrificed a lot in life.


They can no longer see, hear, act, feel or think from their hearts.


Everything they do is dictated by whether it can get them social gains.


In the end they have spent their lives following other people's demands and never lived a life of their own.


How different is this from the life of a SLAVE or a PRISONER?

Be like a flowing river

I am a flowing river, never dry and never bursting, but always full.
-EB

This is how we should think of ourselves, constantly flowing with energy.

We, as well as everything else are in a state of constant transition and it is beautiful.