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Post by tolteclogic on Apr 15, 2007 9:35:06 GMT -6
where giving everything
sometimes simply
isn't enough
return to stillness
silence of the heart
Be still in the gathering gloom
watch lights fad from every room
cold hearted orb rules the night
robs the colors from our sight
red is gray and yellow is white
but we decide which is right
and which is an illusion
(that is to paraphrase
the Moody Blues)
yes some burdens weigh
far heavier than others
release from the past
would seem to mean
nothing when faced
with overwhelming task
or opposition or oppression
but we should never
forget the light
that shines from within
50 years in a life
and how might we
gage our success?
up against the
vast history of injustice?
to be balanced focused
and centered does not mean
we are rendered ineffectual
but quite the contrary
would be true yet so
many would resist
this simple practice
i've stood alone
nearly all of my life
a simple victim
in this comedy of errors
compromised and
defenseless the prisoner
of life long chronic
physical obstructions
the subject of relentless
small town persecutions
eventually all things
must fad into the past
as long as we agree
never to stir
the muddy waters
hidden in our practice
but there comes a day
where we must turn
and face the vastness
of this injustice
and stand up against
the storm of relentless
persecutions alone
where life quite literally
hangs in the balance
transcendence is easy
but living on purpose
requires every ounce
of energy we've got
putting the past
into proper perspective
behind us once and for all
where it belongs
setting the record straight
what better cause for being
a poet?
Taoism means almost anything
and nothing to almost everyone
Enlightenment must be forged
within the context of this world
there is no other pretext
for being awakened...
in spirit
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Post by tolteclogic on Apr 15, 2007 19:46:29 GMT -6
"Once one has advanced to illumination, and inside
and outside are lucid and clear, then one can conceal
one's illumination and nurture it unbeknownest to others.."
mind of a child
withdrawing artificial fire
leaving minding
entering unminding
nurturing illumination
in profound silence
so that the mind in which
illumination is cancealed
might be revealed...
the master is often criticized
not using the artificial fire
naturally there is real fire
causing one to appear ignorant
and inarticulate
which people dislike
so there is unavoidable
slander and criticism
withdrawing the fire
before injury
there might be
outward difficulty
but inwardly
one is not hurt
understanding when to
advance and when to withdraw
~*~*~*~
"If you enliven the mind of Tao, then you can deal with
danger; if you can withdraw the human mind you can get
out of danger."
"Once one has seen the mind of Tao, false and true are
distinguished; at peace, in accord, essence is
stabilized..."
"The mind of an infant does not discriminate or cog-
nize, has no greed or ambition - this is the mind of
Tao. When one has the mind of Tao one is a great
person; without the mind of Tao one is a petty person.
Getting rid of the human mentality is not possible
without seeing the mind of Tao; only when seeing the
mind of Tao can one get rid of the human mind. So 'it
is profitable to see a great person' simply means it
is beneficial to see the mind of Tao."
i ching
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Post by brandnewmessiah on Apr 17, 2007 11:18:48 GMT -6
wow my head is spinning toltec, so many questions brought up in this piece. A real think piece indeed. ~ BNM
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Post by tolteclogic on Apr 19, 2007 12:51:39 GMT -6
thanks bnm... sometimes it seems we may
draw our inspirations from the most unexpected
places and circumstances....
there are painful moments
in every life but
occassionally the light
does shine in... happiness
or sadness fear anger or hate
even the great joy of
awakening can not be be
sustained and is the reflection
of change but to cling to our
mistakes all the opportunities lost
or the passage of our greatest
joy the absence of loved ones, all
this things as painful as they
maybe if we hold to our remorse
like some badge of honor and
become bitter or withdrawn in
our suffering dispair, does to some
appear to be the end of life
how do we reverse this flow
of enevitable conditioning
and begin to live again?
some carry scares from childhood
abuse, many of us do and yet not all
of us remain the victim of betrayed
and helpless innocence - this would
appear among the most difficult
scares to heal which lead to, not
unexpectedly, the very real possibility
that those we choose in relationship
tend to confirm this image of pain
in our hearts so the cycle continues
until we grow out of it...
we are more than this we can
change the program into lasting happiness
even as the whole world crubbles around us
be greatful for these moments we share
in the oneness of spirit
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Post by tolteclogic on Apr 19, 2007 12:59:38 GMT -6
"All the things that man has put together have to be
totally abandoned. That's what it means to die. So
can you do it? Will you try it? Will you experiment
with it? Not for just a day; every day. No, sir, you
cann't do it; your brains are not trained for this.
Your brains have been conditioned so heavily, by
your education, by your tradition, by your books,
by your professors. It requires finding out what
love is. Love and death go together. Death says
be free, nonattached, you can carry nothing with
you. And love says, love says - there is no word
for it. Love can exist only when there is freedom,
not from your wife, from a new girl, or a new hus-
band, but the feeling, the enourmous strength, the
vitality, the energy of complete freedom."
"So living is dying. You understand? Living means
that every day you are abandoning everything that
you are attached to. Can you do this? A very simple
fact, but it has tremendous implications. So each day
is a new day. Each day you are dying and incarnating.
There is tremendous vitality, energy there because
there is nothing you are affraid of. There is nothing that
can hurt. Being hurt doesn't exist."
~*~*~*~*~
"No description can ever describe the origin. The origin
is absolutely quite, it's not whirring about making
noise. Creation is something that is most holy, that's
the most sacred thing in life, and if you have made a
mess of your life, change it. Change it today, not
tomorrow. If you are uncertain, find out why and be
certain. If your thinking is not straight, think straight
logically. Unless all that is prepared, all that is settled,
you cann't enter into this world, into the world of
creation.
"It ends."
Krishnamurti
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Post by tolteclogic on Apr 19, 2007 13:00:37 GMT -6
some call it God or goddess
or existential existence
in humanistic forms
saying we are no more
than creatures in endless
search of pleasure
whereas indigenous cultures
might call it great spirit
Jung in his limited study
of far east traditions
simply names the 'immortal within'
outside of occidental conscription...
What is the awakened mind?
there are no judgements
in the mind of God
or in the eyes of a child
inocence does not judge
true forgiveness
first begins with oneself
we must first find acceptance
and forgiveness within
our own hearts before
we can truly be
present for another
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Post by tolteclogic on Apr 19, 2007 13:01:55 GMT -6
The path of obediant progress
once feelings are forgotten
illumination is restored
no longer focused
on externals
the mind is empty
desires are swept away
disharmony is reconciled
penetrating the barrier
between yin and yang
"When right in the midst of disharmony, it
is sufficent to seek to avoid the human mentality
ruining things - how can one dare hope great matters
will turn out well."
Where essence is disturbed
and life is shaken
separated from the Tao
shedding light on externals
illumination is concealed
artificial understanding emerges
discriminating consciousness
takes charge of affairs
following what it desires
adjustment is necessary
in reconciliation
of yin and yang
refining oneself
mastering the mind
thereby awaiting
the newborn
quintessential
the great medicine
is revealed...
"Excellence or inferiority in learning to comprehend
essence and life is all a matter of finding out prin-
ciple. Understanding one part, you can practice one
part; understanding ten parts, you can practice ten
parts. If you know essence and not life, or know life
but not essence, or know striving but not nonstriving,
or know the medicinal substances but not the firing
process, or know the start but not the finish, this
is all incomplete investigation of principle, which
will inevitably result in failure of practice."
"When you investiagte and find out true principle, it
is clear in the mind and evident in practice; fully
realizing essence and perfecting life, it is unfailingly
developmental and beneficial."
The Taoist I Ching
he did he said he would he could
but now he's dead who knew him
well? i'm not saying that everyone
should want to learn to die before
they die, but that such things are
not necessarily up to the individual
such lofty goals can almost never be
reached because the more we seek to
understand the less we are capable
of actually knowing once our cup
is full how can it be filled again
if not first then made empty
this cup is the content of our
personal history and all the self
importance we have attached to it
how far can the eye see?
the universe is vast
it's wisdom repleat
how could this connection
be put into words...
held in concepts or
static forms... i me mine
conscription where east
meets west - what is
awakened mind?
"Practioners of the Tao should not fail to assimulate
to others, yet should not be too much like others
either. If they do not assimulate, they will startle
and amaze the ignorant and ordinary people, and will
be disliked and suspected by others; if they become too
similar, however, they will be caught up in the
influence of mundane feelings. Therefore they are dif-
ferent in the midst of sameness."
"They merge with the ordinary world and harmonize their
illumination, responding to people harmoniously, able
to adapt without restriction, assimilating to everyone.
Emulating the way fire lights things up, they clearly
distinguish truth and falsity, dealing with people
without confussion, inwardly autonomous, having
extraordinary self control."
"In cultivating practice, one conforms and harmonizes,
adapting to each individual situaltion as it is; nobody
can fathom such changes, or see how on acts or
lies hidden."
Taoist I Ching
No guilt No shame
No fear No blame
only the presence
of infinate wisdom
forgiveness and
understanding
treasures
beyond belief
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Post by tolteclogic on Apr 19, 2007 13:05:50 GMT -6
"The results of light entering are many. you experience
happiness, even if you were suffering before. When you
work you do so without strain and attachment."
"When our devotion, surrender, and humility grow deeper
and deeper, then knowledge will come from Paramatman
and will make things clearer and clearer."
"The light always brings happiness - knowledge does not
necessarily come with the light."
"As you grow you will see your defects more clearly.
This is due to the grace of the divine."
Mother Meera
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Post by tolteclogic on Apr 19, 2007 13:06:46 GMT -6
"Always remember 'one dong/one jing'
(one move/one stillness). For every
move there is an advance and a with-
drawal and a change from movement
to stillness. Be clear and precise,
don't become confused, and practice
consistently. Eventually practice
will integrate into your daily life.
Merge yin and yang, the dragon and
the tiger. Remember always one 'move'
one 'calmness.'"
Liu Xing-Han, Ba Gua Master
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Post by tolteclogic on Apr 19, 2007 16:15:23 GMT -6
"Let the Tao be present in your life and
you will become genuine."
"Close your mouth, block off your senses,
blunt your sharpness, untie your knots
soften your glare, settle your dust...
this is the primal identity."
"Those who talk don't know. Those who know
don't talk."
"The master lets all things come and go
without desire. He never expects results,
thus he is never disappointed. He is never
disappointed thus his spirit never grows
old."
"Whoever is planted in the Tao will not be
rooted up. Whoever embraces the Tao will
not slip away."
"Simplicity, patience, compassion these three
are your greatest treasures.
"Simple in action and in thought you return to
the source of all things.
"Patient with both friends and enemies, you
accord with the way things are.
"Compassionate toward yourself you reconcile
all beings in the world."
"Be like the Tao, it cann't be approached or
withdrawn from; or harmed, honored or brought
into disgrace. It gives itself up continually,
that is why it endures."
"If you close your mind in judgements and traffic
with desires, your heart will be troubled. If you
keep your mind from judging and aren't lead by the
senses your heart will find peace."
"When you recognize the children and find the
Mother, you will be free of sorrow."
"Creating without possessing,
acting without expecting,
guiding without interfering,
that is why love of the Tao
is in the very nature of
things."
"In the beginning was the Tao.
All things issue from it.
All things return to it.
To find the origin trace
back the manifestation."
"Seeing into darkness is clarity,
knowing how to yield is strength,
use your own light and return to
the source of light. This is
called practicing eternity."
Tao te Ching
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Post by tolteclogic on Apr 21, 2007 9:35:34 GMT -6
Crossroads and choices
making the unpopular
statements... paying
the consequences
for our actions...
we live in the collective
archetypical soup
of creation...
Dare we to stand
against the storm?
road maps and
destinations
what would it mean
to operate in reverse?
yesterday, today or tommorow
when do we live our lives?
there is no time
like the present
for putting things
into perspective
otherwise what is
the point in existence
mere cogs in a machine?
burnt by dead religion
we are left with only ourselves
who are we now?
Visions, phantasms, dreams
in precognition...
spells, hexes and the cursed
or be damned...
bad wishes abound
in abundance...
when we give
our power away
what is this thin fabric
of presumptive reality
between liner or circular logic?
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Post by rrw on Apr 21, 2007 10:45:43 GMT -6
Wow! A ton of thoughts and observations here. More than I can handle in one setting so I'll be coming back. Great ideas. Sometimes we feel like nothing more than the tiniest speck of dust in infinite universe. Easy to get lost. Sometimes the only thing you can do is find the smaller but energetic universe inside. Nice job here. Straightforward and coherent,
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Post by tolteclogic on Apr 24, 2007 7:48:03 GMT -6
Thanks rrw, i know i kinda got off the
darkness track for a while yet
here at the end i hope i was - however
unintentionally - able to link back into it...
funny how things tend too fall into place
i could write taoist poetry all day and
many times i find myself purposefully
pulling away from it... it is another
state of being all together
voice of the awakened
mind best kept hidden...
still i do feel a rather
monumental epic
coming on
in spirit
tl
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Post by tolteclogic on Jun 9, 2007 11:48:14 GMT -6
the ultimate goal
to be able to
identify and respond
which side of the coin
you're upon... then
act accordingly
either we are
gathering inaccesibility
or promoting change
by getting rid of the old
and not using it
a cauldron obtains
the new - all depends
which side of the coin
you're on - the false
departing the real arriving
returning to the origin
uniting nature and sense
getting back
to the fundamental
refining the self
emptying the mind
bidding one's time
until the right moment arrises
then sensing is swift
inwardly still
outwardly joyous
tranquil and unstirring
yet sensitive and effective
subtly penetrating
the barrier between
heaven and earth
permanently incorruptible gold
unemotional sense
with geat power
be still
inaccessibility
is concealment of strength
know when is the time to act
and when to withdrawl
so as to avoid fault
those who cling to the temporal
who stick to the conditioned
miss it even when it is
right before them
know when to hasten
when to relax
foster strength in action
nurture strength in stillness
Fire and water
Abundance and transience
Excessive smallness or
Truthfulness within
Settled or unsettled
Not one state is
any better
than the other
where all things meet
at the center of balance
in harmony Gradualness
or Making a young girl marry
awaiting the proper time
or contesting for victory
step off the wheel
enjoy the dance
therefore the master
concerns himself
with the depths
and not the surface
he does nothing
leaving nothing undone
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Post by tolteclogic on Jun 10, 2007 20:59:09 GMT -6
where wrong and right
do not exist
investigate the principle
of waxing and waning
yin and yang
circulating energy
mechanism of heaven and earth
reverse operation of sages
path before time was
not viloated by nature
upsurp creation
turn life and death around
getting rid of intellectualism
shut out conditioning influences
return to the fundamental
original foundation
essence and life are as one
the image of wholeness
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Post by tolteclogic on Jun 12, 2007 20:06:00 GMT -6
where there is more
certainity in ones
foundation what
difference between
yes or no? must we
do what other people
do? think what other
people think - value
what others value
avoid what others avoid
how rediculous - care about
other peoples approval
and you will remain
their prisoner
using essence
to seek feeling
restore the primal
while in the temporal
snatch the true yang
from within feeling and
restore it to essence
appling correctness
in the midst
of incorrectness
the Tao is infinate
and unfathomable...
before time and space
were the Tao is...
it is beyond is and is not
how do we know this is true?
we look inside ourselves and see
opening the gate of life
shutting the door of death
is like the majesty of tiger
always being present...
changing without changing
yang strength that is
correctly balanced
inwardly autonomous
fostering yang
suppressing yin
certainty without
deviation changes
like a tiger
"If right and wrong are not differentiated and
true and false are not distinguished, but both
all are overthrown together, and one enters into
nihilistic quietism, this is not correct and so
is not fruitful; and not being fruitful it is
not creative or developmental."
"This path is not hard to know; what is hard is
to carry it out."
conquering the ego
bring to light
the true essence
of the primary
unified awareness
integrated with
natural principle
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