Monday, January 21, 2013

The Tao of Insight: Tangential, Yet Whole

Every want strengthens the ego.
Every doing strengthens the ego
Thinking leaves the here and now,
Only she who loves lives truly.

Kurt Tepperwein, Die hohe Schule des Lebens

A tangent along an object describes this object in an infinitesimal area. It is a true description of the moment, but only an approximation in the next. Jana Yoga, the path of wisdom exists. Along this path every thought is just an afterthought, a description of the insight that the 'system' just received. A symbolic description that can be explained to others in a way that is meaningful to everyone. You think without leaving the here and now just because you are being thought, you are 'I Am'.

You rarely want along the Path, because everything just is. But when a want comes you perceive it and it comes and goes like you are blowing bubbles. You just let it be and don't do anything about it unless, of course, it is part of the Way. As you experience the Tao good and bad melt into nothingness. You do, but it is tangential as well. It is an extension of the Way; the stuff that comes naturally, the stuff that is neither good nor bad. The band that ties everything together is love. Love and gratitude for the insight you are getting, the love for the moment and the love for your soul siblings who participate in this magnificent movie.





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