Mind the Tao

He was sitting in a conference room discussing a project with his colleagues. As luck had it he was sitting right opposite to three remarkably attractive women. As they left half-way through the discussion he suddenly observed that the sun was being reflected in the polycom just were they had sat before, generating the most amazing light spectacle. Curious, he thought, perhaps this light show was already there before and I was just too distracted to notice.

The ego is not good or bad, it is just not very helpful when it comes to observing the signals from your Tao. The ego is all about tunnel vision. You follow your desires and nothing else. I recently argued in Grow out of It (http://zeitgeistinma.blogspot.com/2011/01/grow-out-of-it.html) that we should better embrace our drives rather than suppressing them, but you need to really pay attention to the Tao, i.e. everything life throws at you. The Tao heals, or rather, it offers you the opportunity to heal. Listen and watch attentively for clues, because if you have tunnel vision you better make sure you are headed in the right direction.