“Iola Pond” - A place I once lived
Weekly Tao Te Ching
CHAPTER 54
What is true, is true no matter what is said. What is true cannot he made false however hard we try. Once we know the Tao, it can never he taken from us. To see the Tao, we must see how it has shown itself.
When we see a person, the Tao is that person. When we see a mountain, the Tao is that mountain. Whatever we see, anywhere at any time, the Tao is that.
How do we know that this is true? We see it in ourselves.
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Weekly - Mirabai Starr
Striking a balance
“How do we strike a balance between tending to our own welfare and serving the endless needs of humanity and the earth, between pouring ourselves out into the world and seeking to refill our own cup? How do we ensure that we are not rolling down a path of convenience, showing up to serve when it suits our comfort and boosts our prestige, and withholding our gifts when we are feeling impoverished and underappreciated.”
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Weekly - Anthony de Mello
“Like the little girl who says to a little boy, “Are you a Presbyterian?” And he says, “No, we belong to another abomination!”
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Weekly - Alan Watts
“In reality there are no separate events. Life moves along like water, it's all connected to the source of the river is connected to the mouth and the ocean.”
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Weekly - William Paul Young
“All our life we search for words, which bond that for what we desire, but we only succeed getting a glimpse through blurred glass.”
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Doodle of the Week (1)
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Weekly - Deng Ming Dao
“That is why spiritual progress is slow: not because no one will tell us the secrets, but because we ourselves must overcome sentiment and fear before we can grasp it.”
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Weekly - Peter Rollins
“The truth of faith is not articulated in offering reasons for suffering, but rather in drawing alongside those who suffer, standing with them, and standing up for them. This is pastoral care at its most luminous.”
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Weekly - Maya Angelou
There are those who say that poets should use her and his art to change the world. I’d agree with that, but I think everybody should do that. I think the chef and the baker and the candlestick maker – I think everybody should be hoping to make it a better world.
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Weekly - Thich Nhat Hanh
"It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of humankind.”
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Doodle of the Week (2)
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Weekly - Richard Rohr
“The most common one-liner in the Bible is, "Do not be afraid." Someone counted, and it occurs 365 times.”
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Weekly - Brian D. McLaren
“In religion as in parenthood, uncritical loyalty to our ancestors may implicate us in an injustice against our descendants: imprisoning them in the errors of our ancestors.”
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Keith’s Weekly Pick
A great masculine illusion in American culture is we men must thinking we must wear capes.”
~me
"Cranes, Pines, and Bamboo" by Ogata Kōrin (1658-1716)
