Let the Tao Show You What You Truly Want

That which seems like poison at first, but tastes like nectar in the end, this is the joy of a mind at peace with itself. Pleasure from the senses seem like nectar at first, but it is poison in the end.
Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita

Somerset Maugham told the final days of a friend in The Razor's Edge who was driven by socializing with the upper society. Just a few days before his death he was invited to an important social event and experienced a brief renaissance during these hours only to collapse completely afterwards. He ended up spending his last day complaining about some snubs he received from the Who is Who at that time.

You have to run after what glitters on the horizon. For some it is social status, for some it is professional success, for some it is finding happiness in raising a family or physical relationships. For some it is even the so-called enlightenment. You have your successes and you have your failures along the way but hopefully you will always put your best foot forward and try to get what you want out of life. Then some day it hopefully occurs to you to look inside instead of outside and suddenly you have discovered the fountain of happiness.

A spiritual journey is not about negating what you want, it is about better understanding the feedback mechanism along the way. When you are a Tao traveler you understand the upside in so-called failures and the downside in so-called successes. Along the Tao there are no successes and there are no failures. Everything that happens is perfect in synchronizing the demands of the " I" today with what the " I" will enjoy at later stages of your journey. You never have to negate anything within you but you are encouraged for every desire you experience to look for the true gem hidden inside of it.

Follow the signs of the Tao and let Her show to you that nectar is wherever you are. In the Tao's hands you never have to fear time's decay. You can have peace of mind no matter where you are and when. All you have to learn is that nectar is where you are and never on the horizon.